PENNLIVE COLUMN: …Yet unnamed or shadowy authorities come after her. And, in the process of building a crescendo of pressure on Montgomery County DA Risa Vetri Ferman to file charges against Kane, prejudicial information about the proceedings of that Grand Jury are leaked to the very same media at the center of the case against […]
Note to D.A. Stedman: ‘Re-call’ is not an option, ‘jury nullification’ is.
State Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s so called incompetence and vindictiveness might be issues for a re-call movement, but are irrelevant to her prosecution. Moreover, Pennsylvania does not provide for re-call elections as do nineteen other states and the District of Columbia.
On the Iran deal, American Jewish ‘leaders’ don’t speak for most Jews
WASHINGTON POST COLUMN: …Many major Jewish organizations oppose the Iran deal. Among the most prominent are the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (The Conference of Presidents explicitly states that it “advances the interests of the American Jewish […]
LETTER: Send the whole pack of Corbett cronies porno to news outlets (We disagree)
So Kane just needs to roll the dice; they want to ruin her so she should just send the whole package of Corbett cronies porno stashes to every news outlet in the country.
Judge Carpenter’s statement re AG Kane’s assertion is unjudicial and disingenuous
“The emails that are in Attorney General Kane’s possession were not introduced into evidence before the 35th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury,” said Montgomery County Judge William Carpenter, in a statement issued Thursday… However, Capitol Wire goes on to report, “Carpenter’s protective order does not mention porn, but prevents OAG [Office of the Attorney General] from retaliating against witnesses who testified to the grand jury investigating Kane over an alleged leak.”
Jeb Bush defends George W.’s Iraq War legacy
POLITICO: …“I’ll tell you, taking out Saddam Hussein turned out to be a pretty good deal,” the former Florida governor told a crowd of roughly 200 people who attended a forum on national security at St. Ambrose College. Bush’s efforts to present himself as a strong, sensible commander in chief are complicated by the unpopular […]
Al Gore not planning to run against Hillary, advisers say
In a phone interview, Democratic strategist James Carville said while he also “hasn’t heard” anything from the Gore camp, he wouldn’t be surprised if Gore weren’t at least considering the possibilities. “Running for president is like having sex. No one did it once and forgot about it. If you can do it, you want to do it again, it’s something you don’t get out of your system.”
Renters Spent a Record-High Share of Income on Rent This Spring
WALL STREET JOURNAL: …Renters can expect to pay 30.2% of their income on rent, according to a Zillow analysis of rental and mortgage affordability in the second quarter released Thursday. That is the highest percentage ever, said Zillow, which has data going back to 1979. The number is significant in part because it shows rental […]
AG Kathleen Kane will file ‘Porngate’ email request next week
PENN LIVE: …[Judge William R ] Carpenter’s full statement is included here in its entirety: “Attorney General Kathleen Kane has not filed with me any petition, pleading, motion or other request for Court action. Accordingly, I will take no official action at this time. “As the Supervising Judge of the 35th Statewide Investigating Grand Jury, […]
What’s wrong with attorney general’s ‘whole story’
LEHIGH VALLEY MORNING CALL: … “Only a grand jury protective order stands in the way of my releasing their names and their emails to the public,” [PennsylvaniAttorney General Kathleen] Kane said while vowing she will not resign. But there are four problems with Kane’s claims: • Carpenter’s protective order is a general order against witness […]
Tsukerman: Statistical outcomes of Putin’s reign
In other words, 90.9% of Russians are living near the poverty line.
LNP coverage of AG Kane media event ‘fair and balanced’
A second article, “Rep. Mike Sturla supports fight” also was ‘fair an balanced’, with Sturla suggesting Kane should stay on while County District Attorney denounced her “incompetence” and “vindictiveness.”
Capitolwire: Kane ties her criminal woes to porn emails.
“…And should I be removed from office, either by conviction or through a suspension of my license through the state’s Disciplinary Board, the one person who would challenge that order would no longer have standing to do so. But that was their plan all along,” she said.
AG Kathleen Kane’s address to media
Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s address to media of earlier today can be found at this link.