DAILY BEAST: …Justice J. Michael Eakin used a private email account with the pseudonym “John Smith” to communicate with state and federal officials, including prosecutors, judges, and attorneys. One email from Eakin among many obtained by The Daily Beast suggests a battered wife treat her wounds by “keeping her mouth shut.”…
The Daily Beast obtained the emails on Friday after they were first acquired by Attorney General Kathleen Kane during an investigation into why it took so long to indict Sandusky, the Pennsylvania State University football coach, for child abuse…
The dirty emails are being used by Kane as ammunition in a political fight against the “old boy’s network” she accuses of railroading her. Kane is facing felony charges for allegedly leaking information about a grand jury investigation to a newspaper in order to “retaliate against former prosecutors whom she believed had embarrassed her,” according to Montgomery County’s district attorney… (more)
