Hoover for a second time denied the request, citing court rules that the judge said bar a jury from reviewing such testimony.
On Thursday, the jury asked to see the entire transcript of DeWeese's grand jury testimony - which runs more than 150 pages - but Hoover said no.
Asked to comment on the jury's actions, Bill Costopoulos, DeWeese's defense attorney, said, "This jury is paying very close attention to all the evidence that was presented. That's all you can ask for."
He added: "This jury is giving both sides a shot."
DeWeese, 61, is charged by the state Attorney General's Office with directing, condoning, and even insisting - on pain of being fired - that legislative aides work on political campaigns while taxpayers picked up the tab.
As deliberations have unfolded, the onetime House Democratic leader has spent much of the time waiting at the defense table in the courtroom. Also there: his 91-year-old mother, Dotty, and several friends and supporters from his Southwestern Pennsylvania district.
DeWeese maintains that he did not learn of his staffers' improperly doing political work during the legislative day until after prosecutors launched the so-called Bonusgate investigation in 2007, prompted by news reports that aides were getting state bonuses for political work. He has said that when he was House Democratic leader, he delegated many daily responsibilities and trusted his subordinates to do the right thing.
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