Court Suspends Pa. Attorney General Kane’s Law License

Newswatch 16 Investigates obtained a copy of Kane’s response to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

In this court order, however, the court went out of its way to state, “This order should not be construed as removing respondent from elected office and is limited to the temporary suspension of her license to practice law”.

“The court, in specifically recognizing my continuing authority as Attorney General, today allows me to continue the good works of this office: work which has transformed our war on sex crimes and fraud”.

That could result in another perjury charge on top of the one she already faces, Field wrote. According to reports, The Attorney General’s office is reviewing the matter.

Losing her license, if only temporarily, is the latest black eye for Kane.

Ms. Kane has pleaded not guilty and vowed to remain in office, despite calls from top Democrats, including Gov. Tom Wolf, for her resignation.

Montgomery County prosecutors contend she released the information to get back at former state prosecutor Frank Fina for releasing information about a sting operation he was in charge of that Kane shut down.

The state Constitution requires that an attorney general be a member of the bar of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

In a statement, her private lawyers predicted that she would be exonerated once her side of the story is told.

They also said she has never been permitted to present evidence or confront a witness against her, and “most importantly, no fact finder has ever found that she did anything wrong”, said her lawyers, James Mundy and James Powell.

Her license is suspended; she isn’t disbarred.

The court ruled 5-0 to support the order, said Jim Koval, a spokesman for the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

She also says her constitutional rights would be violated by losing the right to practice law without due process.