Published August 11. 2016 05:34AM
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane returns to the defense table and a former boyfriend-turned-top deputy to the witness stand when Kane's perjury case resumes.
Kane, a first-term Democrat, is accused of leaking secret grand jury documents to the press and lying about it under oath.Authorities say she violated the state's grand jury laws and tarnished an NAACP official who was investigated but never charged.The defense says the material wasn't confidential.Government witness Adrian King returns to the stand Thursday for more cross-examination from Kane's lawyers. He and Kane dated in law school and years later he became her top deputy.But King now thinks Kane is trying to frame him for the leak.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane leaves the Montgomery County courtroom where her trial for leaking grand jury testimony and then lying about it is underway, Wednesday. Aug. 10, 2016, in Norristown, Pa. Kane is charged with perjury and obstruction for allegedly publicizing grand jury files about an investigation of a civil rights leader. (Clem Murray/Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, Pool) Copyright - Philadelphia Media Network