Ex-Attorney General Kathleen Kane gets 10-23 months in jail, judge chides her for political ‘ego’
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane will spend up to two years behind bars followed by probation that will keep her under court supervision for nearly a decade for crimes she committed in pursuit of retribution against political foes.
“This case is about ego, ego of a politician consumed with her image from Day One,” Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy said during Kane’s sentencing Monday in Montgomery County Court. “And instead of focusing solely on the business of fighting crime, her focus was on defeating these perceived enemies.”
Demchick-Alloy noted Kane, once a rising Democratic Party star, ascended quickly to become the state’s top law enforcement officer, arriving as a political novice and neophyte. Kane, however, failed to make the transition from politician to public servant once she took office, the judge said.
“Ego must be set aside after the election with the sole purpose to serve the public in order to ensure the public’s confidence in you and the system,” Demchick-Alloy said.
Demchick-Alloy noted Kane’s crimes, orchestrating the release of secret information about an abandoned fraud probe targeting a Philadelphia civil rights leader and lying about it under oath, damaged the backbone of Pennsylvania’s justice system.
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Clinton friend and former Dem rising star Kathleen Kane gets 10-23 months in jail after tearful plea for leniency
https://t.co/Kpf377UsoK— Matt Mackowiak (@MattMackowiak) October 24, 2016
Kane should have received much more jail time. She should count her blessings and thank God.
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