HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Corbett has asked for records of interoffice e-mails containing pornography that were apparently exchanged among former employees of the state attorney general’s office.

The Thursday night letter from Corbett’s top human resources officer, Secretary of Administration Kelly Powell Logan, was sent after Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s office identified the eight ex-employees and disclosed contents of the e-mails.

Kane is a Democrat who took office last year. The men all worked under Corbett, a Republican, when he was the attorney general. Most of them went on to work for him as governor.

In the request, Logan asked Kane for the contents of the e-mails and details about the e-mail chain, including the dates, times and recipients, and whether and when the e-mail was opened or deleted.

In a statement after Kane released the information, Corbett said the pornographic material, as described by media outlets, was inappropriate and should not be tolerated in the workplace.

A spokeswoman said Friday that Kane’s office had received the letter but had no immediate response. Kane’s office has already said that it cannot determine whether the men opened the e-mails.

Hundreds of pornographic e-mails sent from 2008 to 2012 were discovered during Kane’s review of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse prosecution, her office said. Among the ex-employees identified by Kane’s office are two top state officials: Environmental Protection Secretary Christopher Abruzzo and State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan.