Brett O. Feese (born May 21, 1954) is a former Republican member of the

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. He is a 1972 graduate of

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. He earned a degree from

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in 1976 and a J.D. from the

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in 1979. He served as District Attorney of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. He was first elected to represent the 84th legislative district in 1994. Feese retired prior to the 2006 Pennsylvania House of Representatives election. He was considered a possible Republican successor for Don Sherwood's congressional seat, should Sherwood retire.

Indictment

Brett O. Feese was the Republican House Caucus legal counsel immediately prior to his indictment for his role in Computergate by the Pennsylvania Statewide Investigative Grand Jury. On November 8, 2011, Feese was found guilty by a Dauphin County jury on all 40 counts. (11-9-11 Williamsport Sun-Gazette, p. A-1 and A-5). Along with

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, and several others, Republican PA House Caucus legal counsel Feese was indicted on November 12, 2009, on 62 counts of participating in the

2006 Pennsylvania General Assembly bonus controversy In 2007, Pennsylvania Attorney General Republican Tom Corbett began investigating $3.8 million in public bonuses which were paid to state legislative staffers in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to work on party politics and campaigns. While the b ...

also known as Computergate, a scheme that used state funds for private political campaigning. On February 10, 2012, Dauphin County judge Richard Lewis sentenced Republican House Caucus legal counsel Feese to 4 to 12 years in state prison, an additional 2 years of probation, a $25,000.00 fine, and $1,000,000.00 in restitution for his role in the corruption scandal. Feese remained free on bail and was ordered to report to prison on February 28, 2012 to begin serving his state prison sentence if denied appeal bail by the appellate courts. (2-11-12 Williamsport Sun-Gazette, p. A-1 and A-5).
, February 10, 2012 , Ex-Rep. Brett Feese gets state prison term, ordered to pay $1 million restitution in corruption case , Matt Miller

/ref> Feese surrendered his law license in November 2014 to the Pa. Lawyer Disciplinary Board almost 3 years after he had been sentenced to state prison. Brett O. Feese is tentatively scheduled to be released on parole from SCI-Waymart on Sunday June 26, 2015.

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* official PA House profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Feese, Brett Living people Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives County district attorneys in Pennsylvania 1954 births Pennsylvania politicians convicted of crimes