Kathleen Kane

PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane said Friday she did “nothing illegal” in her first remarks about a report she could face charges over a grand jury leak.

The Philadelphia Inquirer cited anonymous sources in reporting Thursday a grand jury has recommended Kane face criminal charges in the matter. Neither Kane nor her lawyer has confirmed knowledge of any such finding.

However, in a statement, Kane said: “I did nothing illegal. Period.”

“This seems to me to be another political attack on my attempt to clean up Harrisburg and its political culture. They have fought me all the way, including an effort to impeach me,” Kane said.

Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman must decide whether to adopt the grand jury recommendations and file charges. Ferman has declined to comment this week. A special prosecutor who directed the probe, Montgomery County lawyer Thomas Carluccio, has also not commented.

Kane’s statement Friday was brief, but pointed.

“Since taking office, I have torn up their questionable contracts, cleaned up their investigations, broke their pornography ring and prosecuted corrupt officials,” she said, referring to high-profile investigations she has pursued since taking office in 2013.

Her probe of pornography on state computers ultimately brought down a Supreme Court justice, a cabinet secretary and dozens of other state employees, including several members of her own office.

Kane acknowledged she was called to testify in November before a grand jury investigating the suspected leak of grand jury material. The Inquirer has reported the probe involves a Philadelphia Daily News story about a 2009 investigation of a former NAACP chapter president in Philadelphia.