HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Pennsylvania’s attorney general commented publicly for the first time about the criminal charges that could end her career, but spent more time blaming her legal troubles on a “grand plan” to conceal pornographic and racially insensitive emails circulated among judges and state prosecutors.
Kathleen Kane on Wednesday challenged a judge to make public the “filthy email chain” that led to last year’s porn email scandal, promising to call a second news conference and answer every question if the judge met her terms.
But she didn’t address the specific allegations leveled against her last week, saying she couldn’t on the advice of counsel.
“I am innocent of any wrongdoing. I neither conspired with anyone nor did I ask or direct anyone to do anything improper or unlawful,” she said.
A suburban Philadelphia district attorney charged Kane with leaking grand jury information to a newspaper reporter in an attempt to embarrass a former prosecutor she believed made her look bad, and then lying about her actions under oath.