AG Kane Scheduled To Go Before District Judge Today
By Jim Melwert
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (CBS) – A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. today for embattled Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, but the media crush arrived early with TV trucks and reporters lining up before 10 a.m.
The hearing is at the Montgomery County Courthouse -- in one of the larger courtrooms rather than in the typical district judge's office to accommodate the reporters. The prosecution will have to show they have enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial.
Kane is charged with leaking secret grand jury information in an effort to get back at another prosecutor, and then lying to cover it up. But Kane vows to continues to fight the charges:
"I am innocent of any wrongdoing. I neither conspired with anyone nor conspired with anyone to do anything illegal or unlawful."
Kane claims the charges are part of an attempt to intimidate and embarrass her as an effort to prevent her from releasing pornographic and offensive emails her office discovered on government computers.
District Judge Catherine Rebar will conduct the hearing. The court has issued a strict decorum order that prohibits any electronic communication from the courtroom. And anyone in the courtroom is expected to remain seated until the court calls a recess or until the session has ended.
