When the trial for former Washington County Clerk of Courts Frank Scandale gets underway, it will not be a Washington County judge who hears the case. According to officials, once the paperwork is completed, it will trigger a “full-bench recusal,” which means his case will not be heard by any of the current judges on the bench in Washington County in order to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. The 52-year-old from Canonsburg waived his preliminary hearing on Wednesday and he is expected to face formal arraignment on the charges sometime in February. Scandale, who made an unsuccessful bid in November for a second term, is facing multiple charges related to some ninety-six-thousand-dollars that was discovered missing from his office during an audit. Scandale remains free on one-hundred-thousand-dollars bond.