AG Kane charged with another count of perjury
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Prosecutors this morning filed another perjury charge against Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
The new charge stems from evidence found during an execution of a search warrant at her office Sept. 17.
Kane was previously charged with perjury, conspiracy and other counts for allegedly leaking confidential information from a 2009 grand jury probe and then trying to cover up her actions.
The new perjury count stems from her claim that she had never signed a secrecy oath preventing her from releasing information from past grand jury cases.
Prosecutors say they recovered such a document from Kane’s office. They say she had signed it on her second day in office.
The attorney general has denied any wrongdoing. She had claimed she cannot be held criminally culpable for any leak from old cases because she had not signed a secrecy oath.
