SF GATE / AP: Pennsylvania’s attorney general said she granted Gov. Tom Corbett the authority to file a federal antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA because the litigation could present a conflict of interest as her office prosecutes three Penn State administrators.
Attorney General Linda Kelly told The Associated Press on Thursday that “an actual conflict of interest could, and likely would, arise if this office were involved in both cases.”
Her office is prosecuting Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley on charges of endangering the welfare of children, obstruction, conspiracy, failure to report suspected child abuse and perjury. Prosecutors claim they illegally covered up complaints and suspicions about Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator who was convicted last summer of 45 counts of child sexual abuse, including attacks inside campus facilities… (more)
EDITOR: Is this a move by Tom Corbett to keep incoming Attorney General Kathleen Kane from overseeing the litigation and being privy to confidential information?
Will this suit be used as an excuse to inhibit any investigation by her into the andlng of the Sandusky Case by Corbett as a former attorney general and more recently as governor?
