PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS: …The former Attorney General’s Office star prosecutor has been at the center of some of the region’s biggest criminal trials, from the Bonusgate and Computergate corruption scandals that led to the arrests of more than 30 politicians and staffers to the conviction of Jerry Sandusky, the notorious child predator and former Penn State University football team’s defensive coordinator.
Fina also has been embroiled in a feud with Kane worthy of “Game of Thrones.” It reared its head again in August, when 400 pages of sexist, racist, homophobic and pornographic emails that Fina sent or received while he worked for the Attorney General’s Office several years ago were made public. The emails were discovered during a Kane-directed review of the Sandusky investigation.
The ensuing furor caused by the release of the emails led Fina’s current boss, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams, to call for Fina to undergo sensitivity training along with Marc Costanzo and Pat Blessington, two other former state prosecutors who now work for Williams and who also were included on the state-email chain… (more)
EDITOR: The Daily News launched the attack on Attorney General Kathleen Kane but turning over material from a source allegedly from a former grand jury to the authorities. The credibility of Frank Fina and the Daily News are at stake for their attempt to force Kane from office and convict her in court.
