Politics & Government
Former PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane Disbarred
Kathleen Kane, now behind bars at Montgomery County Correctional Facility, has had her law license officially revoked.
Former Pennsylvania attorney general and one-time promising Democratic leader Kathleen Kane, who is currently behind bars on perjury charges, has been officially disbarred, the state announced.
The Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania made the ruling on March 22. Her license had previously been suspended.
Kane, 52, reported to Montgomery County Correctional Facility in Nov. 2018 after her final appeals in her case were rejected.
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Kane was once considered a rising star in the Democratic Party, winning a huge victory in the 2012 election, before leaking information about a grand jury probe in an attempt to embarass a rival.
The incident led to a lengthy and highly publicized controversy. She was ultimately sentenced to 10 to 23 months behind bars in Oct. 2016 in Montgomery County Court.
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