Editorial: McCord latest disgraced leader

By Mon Valley Independent

Make room in jail for another former Pennsylvania official.

Rob McCord, who served as state treasurer from 2009 to 2015, was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to two counts of attempted extortion. He admitted to trying to coerce cash from a law firm and a property management firm to help fund his campaign for governor in 2014.

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