30 Facts About Bruce Castor

Bruce Castor was appointed as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania in March 2016, and first deputy attorney general the following July.

Bruce Castor investigated the Penn State fraternity hazing scandal and led for the defense of the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump along with American lawyer David Schoen.

Bruce Castor next took a seat on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners, an elected position he held until January 4,2016, when he was succeeded by Joe Gale.

Bruce Castor was defeated for re-election as Montgomery County's District Attorney in November 2015.

Bruce Castor completed a nearly three-year term as a special assistant district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania on December 31,2017, followed by an appointment as a special assistant district attorney of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania on January 6,2018.

Bruce Castor is the cousin of Steve Bruce Castor, who represented Trump during his first impeachment.

When she sought election as judge in November 2015, Bruce Castor sought to return to that office, but lost to Ferman's first assistant, Kevin Steele, who ran an 11th-hour campaign contending Bruce Castor should have charged entertainer Bill Cosby in 2005.

Bruce Castor countered that Steele could have arrested Cosby himself in the intervening years if he believed credible evidence existed to do so.

In November 2017, Bruce Castor sued Constand and her lawyers for defamation, charging that the lawsuit and its timing were retaliatory and ruined his political career.

In 2017, Cosby stood trial, but the trial ended in a hung jury with jurors unable to agree on Cosby's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, as Bruce Castor had predicted in 2005 would happen if he had elected to charge Cosby.

Bruce Castor ran for the GOP nomination for Pennsylvania Attorney General in 2004 against Republican Tom Corbett.

Furious that he had lost endorsements of the southeastern GOP chairmen, Bruce Castor attacked Corbett and the county chairmen with allegations of backroom deals with Bob Asher, the state's national GOP committeeman.

Bruce Castor was unable to produce proof of any conspiracy against him and ran without the party endorsement in all but two counties, his home base in Montgomery County and Monroe County.

In 2009, Bruce Castor represented Mark Sargent, who was investigated for patronizing a brothel while he served as dean of the Villanova University School of Law.

In 2010, Castor represented his former boss, attorney Michael D Marino, whose nephew accidentally shot and killed a man while hunting.

In 2017, Bruce Castor led the investigation into the Death of Tim Piazza at Pennsylvania State University.

In 2007, Bruce Castor challenged incumbent County Commissioner Tom Ellis, a one-time friend who had chaired Bruce Castor's campaigns in 1999 and 2003 but endorsed Corbett in 2004.

Early in the campaign, Bruce Castor commissioned a poll showing that Ellis, who had been hobbled by negative press surrounding alleged domestic violence incidents, would lose in a general election.

On election day, Bruce Castor won, taking first place in the general election setting an electoral record at the time for the position.

Bruce Castor's running mate placed third, giving the GOP control of the commission.

Matthews and Hoeffel sided against Bruce Castor shutting him out of setting county policy.

Bruce Castor responded by repeatedly making allegations of corruption against his fellow commissioners charging mismanagement of county finances, the hiring of unqualified people, and in the conduct of county business.

Nevertheless, Matthews and Hoeffel were unable to achieve endorsement for re-election and dropped out of the race, while GOP voters easily re-nominated Bruce Castor who was thus vindicated in his allegations of government corruption and mismanagement by Hoeffel and Matthews.

Supervisor Leslie Richards, and Bruce Castor were elected, marking the first time in county history Democrats controlled two of the three seats on the Board of Commissioners.

On November 3,2015, Bruce Castor was defeated in his effort to return to the district attorney's post and Joe Gale was elected to succeed Bruce Castor as county commissioner.

On March 21,2016, Bruce Castor took the oath of office as the first Solicitor General of Pennsylvania.

Bruce Castor was supposedly subordinate to Kane in all matters except for making legal decisions on behalf of Pennsylvania, though most observers considered him the de facto attorney general, a fact later confirmed upon Kane's resignation.

In practice, Bruce Castor operated as a bridge between Kane and the remainder of the office of attorney general, in addition to being the final word on legal matters, in order to make the executive portion of the office function properly.

Bruce Castor resigned from the office of attorney general on September 9,2016, reverting to first deputy attorney general and, finally, solicitor general.

On January 31,2021, Castor was appointed to take the lead for Donald J Trump's defense team for his 2021 impeachment trial, alongside criminal law practitioner David Schoen.