NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) – Attorney General Kathleen Kane decided Friday not to testify or put on any defense witnesses at her perjury and obstruction trial, saying she didn’t think the government had proved its case against her.
“I listened to the commonwealth’s case and I don’t believe it’s necessary for me to testify,” Kane said.
Kane is accused of leaking grand jury evidence to the press and lying about it under oath. The felony perjury charge can bring up to seven years in prison.
Closing arguments are set for Monday.
Kane listened this week as two of her once-trusted advisers told the jury that she had invented a story for the grand jury and framed someone else for the leak. One of them said he conspired with her on the plan.