Bryant trial to begin with Jury Selection

by: Jason Springer

Sat Sep 06, 2008 at 07:18:47 PM EDT

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court.

Authorities say he was paid $200,000 over four years by the Gloucester County Board of Social Services, yet worked less than 15 hours total.

He's also accused of holding down a job at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey that had no responsibilities at all.

A judge dismissed charges related to another job at Rutgers University's Camden campus, where he gave just a handful of lectures each year. That charge was dropped because prosecutors never accused him of using his political influence to get the position.

Authorities say the extra jobs boosted Bryant's state pension from $28,000 a year to $81,000.