From the York Daily Record:

As he prosecutes a case accusing state officials of campaigning on the public dime, Attorney General Tom Corbett is seeking re-election himself.

And one man has played a key role in both the Attorney General’s Office and the Corbett campaign: Brian Nutt, the attorney general’s chief of staff, is his campaign manager.

Nutt went on unpaid leave last month from his state job to manage Corbett’s campaign in his race against Democrat John Morganelli.

Nutt, who makes $110,000 a year, is one of several staff members who works closely with Corbett in the attorney general’s office and does at least some political work for his boss during his first term, according to an analysis of campaign-finance records by the York Daily Record/Sunday News.

Kevin Harley, the attorney general’s director of communications, has also helped the Corbett campaign, along with both of Corbett’s executive assistants and two top aides in his Office of Legislative Affairs, records show.

None of those staffers is accused of wrongdoing, and Harley said Corbett makes clear to employees that all campaign work must be “completely separate” from their jobs. Campaign work on someone’s own time without government compensation is legal.

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