WTAE.COM / AP: … Kane’s lawyers said in Thursday’s court filing that Carpenter’s order last year had expired before Barker’s April 8 firing, and they reiterated Kane’s contention that Barker’s firing had nothing to do with his grand jury testimony in the investigation. Furthermore, they wrote, Kane had no motive to retaliate against Barker because he had helped her office challenge Carpenter’s protective order and, in internal correspondence, had deemed it to be “unwarranted and unlawful.”
They also wrote that Carpenter should recuse himself from the process because they say he is biased against Kane and colluded with the special prosecutor to investigate her and recommend that she be prosecuted.
In addition, they objected to the process involving the contempt hearing. They said they have not received witness statements and other information from prosecutors that would allow them to mount a defense. Plus, Carpenter’s selection of a three-judge panel for the hearing has no apparent authority or precedent, they contended, and it is not clear how the panel will reach a decision in the case… (more)
EDITOR: Although NewsLanc often receives AP articles via Capitol Wire, since we do not subscribe to AP due to their inflexible pricing, we do a Google search for the publication of the article elsewhere.
This led us to realize the prejudice the PA media has towards the Attorney General, in that we had to go to a Pittsburgh radio station web site to find the entire article which include the above very important information in defense of Kathleen Kane.
We are confident that over the months to come that the statewide media will shake off the inaccurate, self-serving and vicious reporting of the Philadelphia Inquirer and take a balanced approach to reporting on this story. When they do, as was the case with the Penn State / Joe Paterno reporting debacle, much credit will be due (but not given) to Bill Keisling and NewsLanc.
