PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: …[PA Attorney General Kathleen[ Kane’s Washington-based lawyer, Lanny Davis, said documents publicly released indicate the grand jury did not suggest a contempt of court charge.
Experts say it is typically a charge for leaking confidential grand jury material, though it can apply to other offenses against the court. Contempt can be a criminal charge or civil penalty…
Kane’s New York City lawyer Gerald Shargel filed a motion saying Carpenter had “no legal authority” to appoint a special prosecutor in May to investigate whether Kane leaked information to a Philadelphia newspaper in an effort to embarrass a former prosecutor from her office with whom she was feuding… (more)
