PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …In an order signed Monday, Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said Kane’s lawyers had not conformed to proper procedure in filing their motion for dismissal last month. The judge did not offer an opinion on the merits of Kane’s assertions but instead gave her a chance to file an amended motion within 10 days…
Last month, Kane’s lawyers argued that she had been unfairly targeted. They said the attorney general’s political rivals launched the criminal investigation in a bid to stop her from releasing embarrassing information about them – including their exchange of racist and pornographic emails on state computers.
Prosecutions of grand jury leaks are rare, they said, and the one against Kane was “vindictive.” … (more)
