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Former Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane reports to prison

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. — Convicted former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane reported to prison Thursday morning.

Kane filed a brief extension to make arrangements for her two teenage sons, but a judge denied her request.

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Kane, the first woman elected attorney general in Pennsylvania, was convicted back in 2016 of perjury and obstruction.  She has been free on $75,000 bail, pending appeals.

On Monday, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to take up her case.

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On Tuesday, the judge revoked her bail and ordered her to report to the Montgomery County Correctional facility by 9 a.m. on Thursday.

Kane was sentenced to 10 to 23 months in jail.

 
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