8/16/16
by News Department on 08/16/16Guilty verdict for Kane...
The PA state attorney general was convicted Monday of all nine counts against her in a perjury and obstruction case related to a grand jury leak.
The jurors agreed that Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the first Democrat and first woman elected to the office, leaked information about a 2009 grand jury probe to embarrass a rival prosecutor
. Kane did not testify or call any defense witnesses after three days of prosecution evidence.
The jury began deliberations Monday afternoon.
Public officials convicted of official misconduct in Pennsylvania typically don't have to resign until they are sentenced. Kane could stay in office while she appeals, the governor's office said.
Perjury, the only felony charged, can bring up to seven years in prison.
The misdemeanor charges Kane faced included conspiracy, official oppression and false swearing.
Kane lost her law license over the charges and did not seek re-election this year. Her term ends Jan. 17, when a new attorney general picked by voters in the November election will be sworn in.
