Additional Charge Mounted Against Pennsylvania Attorney General - State and Federal Communications

October 5, 2015  •  

Additional Charge Mounted Against Pennsylvania Attorney General

pennsylvaniaProsecutors charged Attorney General Kathleen Kane with an additional perjury charge for lying to a grand jury about an oath of secrecy she took in 2013. Kane was charged in August with conspiracy and official oppression perjury for leaking secret grand jury materials to a Philadelphia newspaper in order to embarrass a political enemy.

Last month, the state’s Supreme Court ordered the temporary suspension of Kane’s law license, possibly leading to efforts to remove her from office. Kane denies any wrongdoing and stated she will not resign.

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