Pennsylvania attorney general convicted of perjury, conspiracy

Catherine Garcia, The Week US's avatar
By
published
Kathleen Kane.
(Image credit: Facebook.com/PaAttorneyGen)

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was found guilty Monday of nine criminal charges, including perjury and conspiracy.

Kane, the first woman and Democrat elected to the office, was accused of leaking grand jury files in an effort to embarrass a rival prosecutor. A lawyer for Kane, 50, accused her chief deputy, Adrian King, of sending the secret files to a reporter through Kane's political consultant; that consultant was granted immunity, and testified that Kane came up with a cover-up in order to frame King for the leak.

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.