SCRANTON TIMES-LEADER EDITORIAL: Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane is responsible for her own conduct in office, so she must answer to the charge that she leaked grand jury information and later lied about it as part of a dispute with an adversary.
But she faces prosecution while authorities, who loudly profess the sanctity of grand jury secrecy, continue to give a free pass to the party or parties who leaked to newspapers a Niagara Falls’ worth of information about the grand jury that investigated Ms. Kane, and other information concerning the investigation…
And there never was a serious investigation into leaks from the Montgomery County grand jury that recommended the charges against Ms. Kane… (more)
NEWSLANC EDITOR: We note how the Times-Leader as well as other newspapers that originally called for the resignation of Kathleen Kane have modulated their tone and become more circumspect. Gradually they are coming to understand that any indiscretion, even if true, does not rise to the level of criminal.
Rather the roots of the situation has been an attempt, largely successful, for a Republican coup to take control of the attorney general office and force Kane from office.
