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who was never charged with any crime, was harmed by the release of the grand jury information.

Kane also was convicted of lying to the 35th statewide grand jury in November 2014 to cover up her leaks by lying under oath when she claimed she never agreed to maintain her secrecy regarding the 2009 grand jury investigation.

Prosecutors said they discovered evidence that Kane signed a so-called “secrecy oath” on her second day in office on Jan. 17, 2013, promising her secrecy for statewide investigating grand juries one through 32. The oath compelled Kane to maintain the secrecy of all matters occurring before past and present statewide grand juries, prosecutors alleged.

Kane did not her trial.

In her appeals, Kane cited nine allegations of trial error, including the denial of her pretrial motion to recuse all county judges from hearing her trial based on her contention that Judges William R. Carpenter, Carolyn T. Carluccio and Risa Vetri Ferman had close ties to the investigation surrounding her.

Kane’s unsuccessful appeals also challenged the denial of her pretrial request to dismiss the case testify at DEFENDANT: Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Granahan Kane, 52, of Lackawanna County. CRIME: On Aug. 15, 2016, Kane, the first Democrat and the first woman ever elected attorney general, was convicted of charges of perjury, obstructing administration of law, official oppression, false swearing and conspiracy. The jury determined Kane orchestrated the illegal disclosure of secret grand jury information to the media and then engaged in acts designed to conceal and cover up her conduct.

SENTENCE: Montgomery County Judge Wendy Demchick-Alloy sentenced Kane to a 10-to-23-month jail term. With an additional eight years of probation, Kane will be under court supervision for 10 years. The judge ordered Kane to report to jail on Nov. 29, 2018.

due to “selective and vindictive prosecution.”

Throughout the investigation, Kane claimed she did nothing wrong and implied the charges were part of an effort to force her out of office because she discovered pornographic emails being exchanged between state employees on state email addresses.