By: Nick Liard

Pat Sorbara and Gerry Lougheed Jr. who are facing Election Act bribery charges could go to trial this summer in Sudbury.

Representatives for Sorbara, the premier’s former deputy chief of staff, and Lougheed briefly appeared in court today and set the next date for February 8th.

On that day they’re expected to set a date for trial.

The charges stem from allegations the pair offered a would-be candidate a job or appointment to get him to step aside in a 2015 by-election in Sudbury for Glenn Thibeault.

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