PENN LIVE: Nearly a year after an investigation was launched into alleged grand jury leaks from Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the state Supreme Court has ruled [4-1] that a judge had the authority to appoint a special prosecutor in the case.
“We follow the approach of the United States Supreme Court and the many other jurisdictions which have found such appointments proper as an essential means to vindicate the courts’ own authority,” wrote Chief Justice Thomas Saylor, in his opinion…
[Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri] Ferman, who did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday, may choose to pursue charges against Kathleen Kane… (more)
