[NEWSLANC EDITOR: This is world class reporting providing essential background aboutthe attacks and charges against Kathleen Kane. We urge that the article be read in its entirety. Every Pennsylvanian from the governor on down should be rethinking whether Kane is being treated fairly.]
NEW YORK TIMES: …As the grand-jury inquiry into the leak of the Mondesire files unfolded that autumn, Ms. Kane and Mr. Fina fought over those messages. Responding to requests from reporters, Ms. Kane released a dribble of salacious exchanges among high-ranking state officials. But Mr. Fina’s considerable body of emails remained private; he had secured a court order barring Ms. Kane from releasing what he described as “personal” correspondence uncovered during her Sandusky review…
Mr. Morganelli, the Northampton prosecutor, who ran for attorney general twice, said the case against Ms. Kane was not open-and-shut. Legal prohibitions aside, grand-jury leaks are practically a league sport in Pennsylvania. Indeed, the conclusions of the grand jury inquiry into Ms. Kane’s actions were made available to newspapers before a formal report was even issued — and that leak was not pursued.
“The jury could well find this to be a political dispute,” Mr. Morganelli said of the case against Ms. Kane… (more)
We elect these folks & when they get to Harrisburg they act like a bunch of juvenile delinquents. Power is the great corruptor. Always was. Always will be.