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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
IN RE: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR,
THIRTY-FIFTH STATEWIDEINVESTIGATING GRAND JURY
:
:::::
No. 2 MM 2015
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 26th day of August, 2015, upon the request of the supervising
judge for removal of the seal from all matters involving the 35th
Statewide Investigating
Grand Jury and the investigation of Attorney General Kathleen Kane which have been
lodged in this Court, save for grand jury materials such as testimony, exhibits, and in
camera proceedings, and based on the supervising judge’s assurance that there are no
present grand jury secrecy concerns relative to such unsealing, it is hereby ORDERED
that the seal is lifted upon such terms.
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IN
RE:
F i l e d
i n
S u p r e m e
G o u t
JAN
7
2 0 1 4
M i d d l e
IN
THE
SUPREMECOURTOF PENNSYLVANIA
:
SUPREME
COURT
o.
SPECIALPROSECUTOR,
•
HIRTY-FIFTH
STATEWIDE
INVESTIGATING
GRAND
JURY :
GRAND
JURY
DOCKETS:
SUPREME
COURTOF
PA
No. 176MD 012
MONTGOMERY
CO.COURT
No. 2644MD
012
EMERGENCY
APPLICATION
FOREXTRAORDINARY
ELIEF
ANDNOW, h i s 7
h
day ofJanuary,
2015,
omes
a t r i c k R. eese,by o u n s e l ,
William
A.
e t t e r h o f f , Esq., and p r e s e n t s t h e following:
JURISDICTION
1 .
The Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania has j u r i s d i c t i o n
pursuant
t o t h e
J u d i c i a r y
A r t i c l e of
h e C o n s t i t u t i o n
of
h e Commonwealth of
ennsylvania,
r t i c l e
5,
e c t i o n 2 j u r i s d i c t i o n of
h e Supreme C o u r t ) ; A r t i c l e 5, Section
10 s u p e r v i s o r y
a u t h o r i t y
of
h e
Supreme
C o u r t ) ; and
h e f i r s t c l a u s e of Section
1
of h e
Schedule o
t h e
J u d i c i a r y
A r t i c l e (power
and
j u r i s d i c t i o n
of h e
Supreme
C o u r t ) ; and
f u r t h e r
R e c e i v e d
I n
S u p r e m e
C o u r t
JAN
0
7
2 0 1 5
M i d d l e
UNSEALED PER
ORDER OF THECOURT DATED
AUGUST 26, 2015
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p u r s u a n t t o t h e
J u d i c i a l
Code, 42
a.C.S.A. §721(3)
o r i g i n a l
j u r i s d i c t i o n
of
h e
Supreme
Court
i n
q uo
warranto); and §726
( e x t r a o r d i n a r y
j u r i s d i c t i o n of
t h e
Supreme
C o u r t ) ; as
implemented
by
Pa.R.A.P.
3307
pleadings
i n
o r i g i n a l
a c t i o n s )
and
3309 King's
Bench
m a t t e r s ) .
APPLICANT
2 . The
Applicant
s
Supervisory
p e c i a l Agent
a t r i c k R.
eese,
n
employee
of h e
Pennsylvania
O f f i c e
of
Attorney General
(OAG). S p e c i a l
Agent Reese i s a
member
of
h e
P r o t e c t i o n
D e t a i l f o r
Attorney
General Kathleen
Kane. Among
t h e r
d u t i e s ,
S p e c i a l
Agent Reese
i s a d r i v e r f o r
Attorney
General
Kane. S p e c i a l
Agent
Reese
has
an f f i c e
i n t h e
OAG cranton
Regional O f f i c e , 417
Lackawanna Avenue,
S c r a n t o n ,PA 18510,
and
r e s i d e s a t
939 Meade t r e e t ,
Dunmore,PA
18512.
3 .
On
anuary 7,
2015
p e c i a l
Agent
Reese, hrough
counsel, ccepted
e r v i c e
of
a
subpoena
i s s u e d
by S p e c i a l
Prosecutor Thomas E .
C a r l u c c i o .
The subpoena
r e q u i r e s
S p e c i a l Agent Reese t o
appear and t e s t i f y
on
January 12,
2015
b e f o r e
t h e
T h i r t y - F i f t h Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
Jury s i t t i n g
i n
Montgomery County.
4.
The
Applicant, by
v i r t u e of
having
been
served
with a
subpoena o
appear
and
e s t i f y , has standing
t o
challenge
t h e
l e g a l i t y
of
h e
o f f i c e of
p e c i a l
Prosecutor
a p p o i n t e d t o t h e
T h i r t y - F i f t h Statewide
n v e s t i g a t i n g
G r a nd
u r y . G w i n n .
Kane,
19
Pa.Cmw1th. 243,
339 A.2d 838,
40-843
(1975),
i s p o s i t i o n
a f f i r m e d ,
465 Pa. 269,
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348 A.2
900 Pa.
9 7 5 ) .
FACTUAL
BACKROUND
5 .
On
June 6,
2014
an
a r t i c l e
appeared i n
t h e
Philadelphia
Daily
News
c o n c e r n i n g
a
2009
rand
u r y
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
o f . T .
Whyatt
Mondesire,
former head of
t h e NAACP
n
P h i l a d e l p h i a ,
and a r r i e t
G a r r e t t , one of
Mr.
ondesire'
employees.
E x h i b i t
A.
6.
The
2009
s t a t e w i d e
i n v e s t i g a t i n g grand j u r y
had
been conv ened
and
impaneled i n
Montgomery County.
7 . The h i l a d e l p h i a
Daily
News
r t i c l e c i t e d
two documentary
o u r c e s :
F i r s t ,
a 2009memo
r i t t e n
by then-Deputy
Attorney General W ill iam
Davis, r . , a d d r e s s e d
t o t h e n - C h i e fDeputy
Attorney General Frank Fina
and
h e n - S e n i o r Deputy t t o r n e y
General
E .
Marc
Costanzo;
and
Second,
a
2014
r a n s c r i p t
of
a
taped i n t e r v i e w
by
David P e i f e r , D i r e c t o r of h e OAG
Bureau of p e c i a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n s ,
of Michael
M i l e t t o , t h e OAG
p e c i a l
agent
who ad
a r l i e r i n v e s t i g a t e d
Mr.
Mondesire
and
Ms.
G a r r e t t .
E x h i b i t A.
8 .
Following
u b l i c a t i o n of h e June 6,2014 hiladelphia
Daily News r t i c l e ,
a p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r(Thomas .
a r l u c c i o , E s q . ,
an
t t o r n e y i n p r i v a t e
p r a c t i c e )
w as
a p p o i n t e d
and a u t h o r i z e d
t o
u t i l i z e t h e T h i r t y - F i f t h Statewide
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand
J u r y t o
i n v e s t i g a t e
t h e a l l e g e d
"leak" of
l l e g e d "grand u r y m a t e r i a l by
employees
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of h e
OAG,
r
o t h e r
persons, o t h e
Philadelphia
Daily
News.
9.
The
w r i t t e n
communications,
a p p l i c a t i o n s ,
p e t i t i o n s ,
o r d e r s ,
n o t i c e
of
submission,
and
a l l
o t h e r
documents
underlying t h e
appointment
of
h e S p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r and
submission
of h i s
i n v e s t i g a t i o n t o
t h e
grand
jury a r e
under
e a l .
I t
has
been p u b l i c l y
r e p o r t e d t h a t
t h e
appointment
of h e
Special
Prosecutor i n
t h i s
m a t t e r was
a u t h o r i z e d by
h e Supreme
Court and by
Order of
Supervising Judge
of
t h e
Grand Jury
William
R. a r p e n t e r .
E x h i b i t s B, , n d
D.
BASIS
FOR
XTRAORDINARY RELIEF
1 0 . The
n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
Jury
Act,42
a.C.S.A.
§§4541
e t
s e q . ,
does not
p r o v i d e
f o r
appointment
of any
s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r .
1 1 .
The
Commonwealth
Attorneys
Act,
71
P.S. §§732-101 e t
s e q . ,
does
not
provide
f o r
t h e
appointment
of
any
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r .
1 2 . The s o l e
p r o v i s i o n s i n Pennsylvania
la w
f o r
appointment
of
a s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r apply only n t h e
event
h a t
an
l e c t e d county
D i s t r i c t
Attorney has
been
charged with
crime
or w i l f u l
and
gross negl ig ence
i n
o f f i c e . County
Code,
16 P.S.
§§1405-1406. See s i m i l a r p r o v i s i o n s
a t 16 P.S.
§7710
concerning
c o u n t i e s
of h e
f i r s t c l a s s ;
and
16 P.S.
§§4405-4406 concerning
c o u n t i e s
of h e
second c l a s s .
1 3 .
Pa.R.A.P. 3331
provides f o r review by h e
Supreme Court
of
An
r d e r
r e l a t i n g t o
t h e
s u p e r s e s s i o n
of
i s t r i c t
a t t o r n e y
by an
Attorney General
or
by
a
o u r t ,
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o r t o
t h e
appointment,
s u p e r v i s i o n ,
a d m i n i s t r a t i o n or
o p e r a t i o n
of a
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r .
This u l e does
not r e a t e
any
independent
u b s t a n t i v e a u t h o r i t y
f o r t h e
appointment
of
any
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r ,
and must
t h e r e f o r e
be
construed t o
apply
s o l e l y
t o
c a s e s
a r i s i n g
under h e
a b o v e - c i t e d p r o v i s i o n s of
he
County
Code.
1 4 . The
o n s i d e r a t i o n of
p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r i n
Dauphin County
Grand
J u r y
I n v e s t i g a t i o n Proceedings
No.
) ,
322 a.358,2
.2d
809 1938),
was
e l d t o have
been
a u t h o r i z e d by a 1929
e g i s l a t i v e enactment
which
was repealed
upon passage
of
h e Commonwealth
Attorneys
Act, supra,
n 1980.
Former s e c t i o n
907 of
h e
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e
Code
of
929, 1 P.S.§297, u t h o r i z e d P r e s i d e n t
Judges
of
h e
Courts
of
Common
leas o r e q u e s t i n
w r i t i n g t h a t
t h e
Attorney
General
n t e r v e n e
i n
c r i m i n a l
m a t t e r s
and supersede
t h e
l o c a l D i s t r i c t Attorney. See
s t a t u t o r y
h i s t o r y :
Commonwealth
v . H a r r i s ,
501
Pa.
178,
460
A.2d 747, 751,
n .
1
(1983).
Thus,
r e l i a n c e
upon
t h e
1938
case by t h e Lackawanna
County
Court i n
In
r e : County
I n v e s t i g a t i n g
Grand
Jury
V I I I ,
2003,
2005 WL 985351 (Pa.Com.P1.
2005)
o r
t h e
g e n e r a l
p r o p o s i t i o n t h a t
Pennsylvania o u r t s
have
r a d i t i o n a l or
n h e r e n t a u t h o r i t y t o
a p p o i n t s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r s ,
w as
misplaced. See
e c t i o n
II(C)
fthat
Opinion, . 9 - 1 0 ,
t i t l e d
"Appointment of p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r .
1 5 . Another Lackawanna
County
grand ury a t e r gave i s e t o a
proceeding
on
t h e
i s s u e of
whether t h e
Pennsylvania S h i e l d
Law,
42 a.C.S.A.
§5942, r o t e c t s a
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newspaper
e p o r t e r from
compelled
d i s c l o s u r e
of
h e
source
of
grand
u r y l e a k .
I n
C a s t e l l a n i
v .
The
Scranton
Times,
956
A.2d 937
(Pa.
2008),
h e
Supreme
C o u r t ,
w h i l e a d d r e s s i n g t h e S h i e l d
L a w ,
entioned
n
p a s s i n g
t h a t
t h e S u p e r v i s i n g Judge
of
t h e Grand
J u r y had
a p p o i n t e d a
S p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r t o
i n v e s t i g a t e
a
l e a k ,
but a s
t h e
v a l i d i t y
of
h e
appointment was
not
a t
i s s u e ,
no a u t h o r i t y
f o r t h e
appointment
w as
c i t e d .
1 6 .
I n In Re
auphin County Fourth
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand
J u r y , 947 A.2d 712
(Pa. 2008), gr and
j u r y
l e a k s had
been
complained of
by
i n d i v i d u a l s s u b j e c t t o
i n v e s t i g a t i o n . The Supreme Court
s s u e d
aper
curiam Or der under
h e
King's Bench
a u t h o r i t y of
2
a.C.S.A. 726, i r e c t i n g t h e S u p e r v i s i n g
Judge of
h e
Grand
u r y t o
c o n s i d e r
whether a s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
should be
appointed t o pursue t h e
a l l e g a t i o n s . . .
No
u t h o r i t y
i n
s u p p o r t
of
h e
contemplated
appointment
of
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
was c i t e d .
I d . , 712.
Subsequently, a s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r was a p p o i n t e d ,
a l t h o u g h ,
a g a i n , t h e l a t e r f u l l Opinion by t h e
Supreme Court does not c i t e any
a u t h o r i t y r e l i e d upon
f o r
t h e appointment. In
Re Dauphin County Fourth
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand J u r y , 19
A.3d
491
(Pa.
2011).
17 I n
d i s a p p r o v i n g t h e appointment of a
s p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r by t h e
P h i l a d e l p h i a
Court of
Common l e a s , o supersede h e l o c a l D i s t r i c t
Attorney n t h e
conduct of
grand
u r y
i n v e s t i g a t i o n , o u t s i d e t h e terms of
1
P . S . §297, h e
Supreme
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Court
of
ennsylvania
e x p r e s s l y h e l d
t h a t
Pennsylvania
c o u r t s had no
such e x t a -
s t a t u t o r y
a u t h o r i t y ,
and
t h e r e i s n o
u b l i c o f f i c e
i n
Pennsylvania
known
a s
S p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r .
Smith
v .
G a l l a g h e r ,
t
a l ,
408
Pa.
551, 185 A.2d
135,149
1962).
The
Supreme
Court
i n
Smith
p o i n t e d l y
disapproved t h e
p r o p o s i t i o n t h a t
Pennsylvania
c o u r t s
have
i n h e r e n t
independent
power
o a p p o i n t
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r s , a s f o l l o w s :
[T]he
n t e r v e n i n g
a p p e l l a n t s
say
h a t Judge
Alessandroni
i d have
t h e
j u r i s d i c t i o n
and
t h e
a u t h o r i t y
t o o r d e r
a
s p e c i a l grand
jury
and
a p p o i n t a
p e c i a l p r o s e c u t o r . The
r a l
and w r i t t e n
arguments u b m i t t e d
i n
b e h a l f
of
h i s t h e s i s ,
however,
a c k c o n v i c t i o n o r
even
p e r s u a s i o n .
They
speak
vaguely
of
n h e r e n t
a u t h o r i t y ,
common
aw u r i s d i c t i o n
and
t r a d i t i o n a l
powers.
I d . , 146;
and
a t
l e n g t h f u r t h e r
a t
151-154.
1 8 .
Although
Smith
v .
G a l l a g h e r
was decided
by
h e
Supreme Court
n
1962,
n o t h i n g
i n
e i t h e r
t h e
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand
J u r y
Act
r t h e Commonwealth
A t t o r n e y s
A c t , b o t h
adopted i n 1980, has c o r r e c t e d
t h e
l a c k of u t h o r i t y t o a p p o i n t
s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r s
v i g o r o u s l y p o i n t e d out by
u s t i c e
Musmanno
n 1962. Mere a p s e
oftime
has
o t
p r o v i d e d
n e w
o n s t i t u t i o n a l o r s t a t u t o r y
a u t h o r i t y . Indeed, i n c e
r e p e a l
of
1
P . S .
§297 by h e Commonwealth
A t t o r n e y s Act n 1980, 71 P . S .
§732-502, n o c a s e
has been
found a t any l e v e l of t h e
Pennsylvania
j u d i c i a r y which has
c i t e d
any
c o n s t i t u t i o n a l o r
s t a t u t o r y
a u t h o r i t y
f o r
t h e appointment
of
a
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r .
1 9 .
There
was
n o
e c e s s i t y f o r t h e
appointment
of
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r i n
t h i s
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m a t t e r , s i n c e ,
according t o
p u b l i c l y
k no w n
f a c t s ,
s e v e r a l
county
D i s t r i c t
A t t o r n e y s
had
u r i s d i c t i o n
t o
both
i n v e s t i g a t e
any leak"
by
h e
OAG n d
r o s e c u t e
any
crime
found
o
have been
committed.
Such
county
i s t r i c t
Attorneys
appear
o i n c l u d e ,
a t
a
minimum,
h o s e
s e r v i n g
Montgomery County
s i t e
of h e
2009 rand
u r y ) ,Dauphin
County s i t e
of
h e p r i n c i p a l o f f i c e
of Attorney
General Kane and
numerous
o t h e r
OAG
f f i c e r s
and
employees),
and
P h i l a d e l p h i a
County
s i t e of
h e
P h i l a d e l p h i a
Daily
News). R e i n f o r c i n g
t h e
a v a i l a b i l i t y
of
a t l e a s t
those t h r e e
c o u n t i e s ,
t h e
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand J u r y
Act
by
t s
own
terms e x p r e s s e s
a
p r e f e r e n c e f o r
county
grand j u r i e s
over m u l t i - c o u n t y
grand
j u r i e s , u n l e s s "the
i n v e s t i g a t i o n cannot
be
a d e q u a t e l y
performed by an n v e s t i g a t i n g grand ury
under e c t i o n 4543 r e l a t i n g t o
convenin g county
i n v e s t i g a t i n g grand u r y ) . 42 a.C.S.A. §4544.
20.
The
argument
h a t
t h e
appointment
of
p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r
was
e c e s s a r y
s i n c e t h e
O f f i c e of
Attorney
General would have
had
a c o n f l i c t of i n t e r e s t i n
i n v e s t i g a t i n g
i t s e l f does not
answer e i t h e r :
(1)
h e
complete absence of t a t u t o r y
a u t h o r i t y f o r such
an appointment; r(2)
h e
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T h i r t y - F i f t h S t a t e w i d e I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand J u r y
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w i t h o u t
l e g a l
a u t h o r i t y , and
n u l l
and
void
ab
i n i t i o .
WHEREFORE,
t i s
r e q u e s t e d
t h a t t h e
Supreme
Court a c a t e t h e
o r i g i n a l
Order
a p p o i n t i n g
a
S p e c i a l P r o s e c u t o r
i n
t h i s
m a t t e r
under
t h e
a p p l i c a b l e Notice
of
Submission
o r
o t h e r w i s e .
I t i s f u r t h e r
r e q u e s t e d t h a t t h e
Supreme
Court
p r o h i b i t
enforcement
of l l
subpoenas s s u e d
by
h e
S p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r
under
h e
a u t h o r i t y
of
t h e
S u p e r v i s i n g Judge of
h e
Grand
J u r y ; and
u r t h e r
p r o h i b i t
i s s u a n c e of ny e p o r t
o r
presentment by
h e
T h i r t y - F i f t h
S t a t e w i d e
I n v e s t i g a t i n g Grand Jury
based on
any
m a t t e r
s u b m i t t e d t o
t h e
grand u r y
by
h e
S p e c i a l
P r o s e c u t o r .
R e s p e c t f u l l y s u b m i t t e d ,
William A. e t t e r h o f f ,
s
F e t t e r h o f f
and
i l l i
218
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POSTED:
une 6 , 2014
STATE ATTORNEY eneral
Kathleen
Ka ne s
r e v i e w i n g
a
2009
g r a n d - j u r y i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f
J .
Whyatt
Mondesire, ormer head
o f
the
NAACP n P h i l a d e l p h i a , and one f h i s
employees,
according
o
documents
obtained by the D a i l y
News.
Mondesire's
employee, a r r i e t G a r r e t t , and
her
daughter pleaded
g u i l t y
in
2010 o
s t e a l i n g
n e a r l y
$220,000 n s t a t e
g r a n t money o r
a
j o b - t r a i n i n g program. a r r e t t was
entenced t o
a minimum
o f
s i x
months n j a i l and
ordered t o pay
e s t i t u t i o n .
Her daughter
got
18
months
p r o b a t i o n
A 2009
memo r i t t e n
by then-Deputy A t t o r n e y General W i l l i a m Davis
J r .
says n v e s t i g a t o r s "uncovered what
appeared
o be
questionable
spending"
of
t a t e money by Mondesire.
Kane, a
Democrat,
s
no w
r y i n g t o
determine what happened w i t h the
Mondesire
n v e s t i g a t i o n . Gov. o r b e t t ,
a
Republican, was he
a t t o r n e y
general a t the t i m e .
Mondesire, 4, says he was ever
questioned and
denies any i n a n c i a l
wrongdoing.
The 2009 Davis
memo
e t a i l e d f o r h i s bosses what had
been
uncovered about Mondesire and
G a r r e t t , who
orked a t
the
P h i l a d e l p h i a S u nd a y
Sun, a weekly newspaper Mondesire
p u b l i s h e s .
A
o n p r o f i t c a l l e d
Next
Generation
Community
Development
o r p . ,
which
s
operated by Mondesire, e l d a state-government r a n t f o r a
j o b s - t r a i n i n g
program in 2004 and
2005, u t
handed t o f f t o
G a r r e t t ,
who an another n o n p r o f i t c a l l e d C r e a t i v e
Urban
Education Systems,
o r
CUES,
ccording t o the Davis memo.
Mondesire
was
i s t e d
as
chairman
o f the CUES oard, he
memo
noted, h i l e
G a r r e t t served as
the
r e a s u r e r f o r Next
Generation's
board.
Davis wrote
h i s
memo
o
then-Chief
Deputy
A t t o r n e y
General Frank
Fina and then-Senior
Deputy
A t t o r n e y
General
E.
Marc Costanzo.
C o r b e t t , as t t o r n e y g e n e r a l , named Fina
n
2006
o
head a n ew
p u b l i c - c o r r u p t i o n u n i t and Costanzo
to
work on
cases o r the u n i t i n the
P h i l a d e l p h i a r e g i o n .
Fina
and Costanzo
no w
work n a
i m i l a r
u n i t
f o r
D i s t r i c t
A t t o r n e y
Seth
\ A r i
hams.
In
the
memo, avis
w r o t e :
Next Generation's bank-account e c o r d s , o b t a i n e d
w i t h a r a n d - j u r y
subpoena,
showed
deposits of
$1.3 i l l i o n i n
government grants
n
a
one-year e r i o d .
Another $521,000 n t h e account
came
rom
o l i t i c a l campaigns, e n t
payments an d
the
n t e r m i n g l i ng o f money from t h e Sunday Sun, hich
i s
owned and operated by Mondesire, he
memo
a i d .
Next
Generation
p a i d
$2,273 o the P h i l a d e l p h i a Club, a
r i v a t e
an d
e x c l u s i v e c l u b
i n Center i t y .
Next Generation spent
tens
f thousands," r i t i n g
checks o pa y
Mondesire's American
Express
i l l f o r c l o t h e s , food, o d g i n g gas
an d
entertainment" and
a
oan from
Mellon
Bank.
There
were l s o checks
w r i t t e n t o Mondesire
and to cash."
*
Next
Generation wrote checks o r $169,960 o Charles and
Claudia
Tasco and
h e i r
company, C&C o n s t r u c t i o n . (Charles
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A.G.
r o b e d P h i l l y
NAACP
e a d e r
M o n d e s i r e ' s
f i n a n c e s
5
e a r . . .
h t t p : / / a r t i c l e s . p h i l l y . c o m / 2 0 1 4 - 0 6 -0 6 / n e w s /5 0 3 9 0 4 6 8_ 1 _ m e m o - w
o f
C i t y
Councilwoman Marian
Tasco,
a r i e n d and
p o l i t i c a l
a l l y o f
Mondesires
o r more
than
three
decades.)
*
$6,431
in CUES
oney was i v e n t o
Mondesire o r what
a r r e t t
c a l l e d
c o n s u l t i n g . That type of
expense
was n o t
a l l o w e d ,
according o the r u l e s o f the g r a n t .
I n
v a r i o u s
correspondence
between
G a r r e t t and Mondesire
discovered by
i n v e s t i g a t o r s , sh e
questioned
payments
f more
than $70,000 he
made o Claudia
Tasco.
*CUES a i d
$1,0 99
o r
h e a l t h insurance
o r
Mondesire.
Davis wanted
t o question Mondesire
and p o s s i b l y subpoena him
o r
sworn
g r a n d - j u r y
testimony - about G a r r e t t ,
CUES
nd
Next
Generation.
Never
questioned
Mondesire,a
former
n q u i r e r
r e p o r t e r who
erved as the top
aide
o
the l a t e
U.S.
Rep. i l l Gray,
a i d
no
one
from
the A . G . ' s
O f f i c e
ever
questioned him.
We i d n ' t
use
any money
o r
personal g a i n ,
Mondesire s a i d .
He
a i d
t h a t he
has n o t seen
the A.G.
Offices documents and twice
d e c l i n e d
an o f f e r from the D a i l y News o review
them.
Mondesire
a i d
C&C
o n s t r u c t i o n worked on
o u r
p r o p e r t i e s ,
i n c l u d i n g the NAACP
eadquarters
and h i s
newspaper
f f i c e , where
the
Next
Generation
n o n - p r o f i t is
a l s o
l o c a t e d .
We ought
u p p l i e s w i t h
my
merican Express card
o r
c o n s t r u c t i o n , h e s a i d .
"They never asked me i n g l e q u e s t i o n back n
2009. We ehabbed the b u i l d i n g s . We pent
money buying
s t u f f
f o r t h e
b u i l d i n g s ,
c o n s t r u c t i o n and
paying
o f f
d e v e l o p e r s .
G a r r e t t
d e c l i n e d
t o
comment bout
the i n v e s t i g a t i o n s . Her
daughter
i d n o t respond to
requests o r comment.
T h e May
010
ne w s e l e a s e
about
G a r r e t t ' s a r r e s t f e a t u r e d Corbett a y i n g
out the charges.
Corbett
d i d
n o t respond
t h i s
week
o
two
q u e s t i o n s : Was
e
b r i e f e d
on
the
Mondesire
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
and
d i d
h e
p l a y
a
r o l e
in
d e c i d i n g what
happened w i t h t h a t probe?
Mondesire was uspended
by
the
NAACP's a t i o n a l
headquarters
n A p r i l a f t e r h e
euded
p u b l i c l y w i t h
board
members about
th e
finances of the l o c a l chapter and Next Generation.
Those
board
m em b ers S i d
Booker, Donald "Ducky" i r t s and the Rev.
l i s h a
M o r r i s
-
a l s o were
suspended.
Booker
and
M o r r i s , who ay they are t i l l Next Generation board members, re
now asking a Common leas
judge o
f o r c e
Mondesire o
show
t h em the n o n p r o f i t ' s f i n a n c i a l
r e c o r d s .
As
judge considers h a t r e q u e s t , Kanes t a f f
is
r e v i e w i n g what became
f
the
2009 Mondesire probe.
David P e i f e r ,
who eads the A . G . ' s
Bureau
o f S p e c i a l I n v e s t i g a t i o n s , on
March
21 i n t e r v i e w e d
Michael
M i l e t t o ,
the
s p e c i a l
agent
who
n v e s t i g a t e d G a r r e t t and Mondesire.
T h e a i l y News btained a r a n s c r i p t o f t h a t
taped i n t e r v i e w .
M i l e t t o t o l d
P e i f e r t h a t he subpoenaed Next Generation's
bank account,
he r a n s c r i p t shows.
When d i d
t h a t ,
I found h a t t h e r e was a whole bunch of money h a t
appeared
o me o be
donations o the
NAACP, o t
[Mondesire],
and
they
were
going
i n t o
Next
G e n e r a t i o n ' s account
and
they
were
being
used
f o r
[Mondesires]
i f e s t y l e
-
much
o f t ,
M i l e t t o
t o l d
P e i f e r .
M i l e t t o
s a i d
h e
was
aken o f f the
case
f t e r Fina and Costanzo were o l d
about
the probe,
according o the r a n s c r i p t .
M i l e t t o
s a i d
c r i m i n a l
a c t i v i t y was u s t
ignored
a f t e r t h a t . He dded t h a t two
accountants
who ad worked o r
Mondesire
had
p r o v i d e d
taped
statements, i t h
one
asking
o r
immunity
and
the
o t h e r
asking
o r p r o t e c t i o n .
Fina
and
Costanzo
d e c l i n e d
t o
comment
about the Mondesire
i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
c i t i n g the
secrecy
of r a n d - j u r y proceedings.
Davis, now in p r i v a t e
p r a c t i c e ,
a l s o
d e c l i n e d
t o
comment,
i t i n g the same e s t r i c t i o n .
M i l e t t o , who t i l l works o r t h e
A . G . ' s
o f f i c e ,
a l s o
d e c l i n e d
t o comment.
P e i f e r r e f e r r e d questions o Kane's communications t a f f .
J . J . Abbott, a spokesman o r Kane, e c l i n e d
t o
comment.
T h e
Kane-Fina
feud
Fina and
Costanzo have
a complicated and c o n t r o v e r s i a l r e l a t i o n s h i p wi t h Kane.
Kane
r i t i c i z e d
C o r b e t t ' s
tenure
as
t t o r n e y
general
when
she
ran
f o r
o f f i c e
in
2012,
p e c i f i c a l l y
t a r g e t i n g
the
Penn
State
child-abuse
scandal
h a t sent former s s i s t a n t f o o t b a l l
coach
J e r r y Sandusky o p r i s o n .
Kanes t a f f
is
now
conducting an extensive review o f t h a t
i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
Fina l e d the Sandusky probe.
Kane, on Feb. 5, issued a statement n o t i n g
t h a t h e r o f f i c e s Sandusky review had been underway o r
one y e a r ,
adding
h a t
delays
in the undertaking w i l l
be
described in more
e t a i l
w h e n the r e p o r t is
made
u b l i c .
A
onth
l a t e r , the n q u i r e r
r e p o r t e d
t h a t Kane
e c l i n e d
t o
pursue
an
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
p r e v i o u s l y l e d by Fina and
Costanzo,
t a r t i n g
in
2010,
h a t used P h i l a d e l p h i a
l o b b y i s t
Tyron
A l i
as
a
o n f i d e n t i a l
informant
o
tape
conversations
i t h f o u r
Phi I l y
s t a t e
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
and
a
former
r a f f i c Court udge, On he
tapes, the
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
and judge
accept
cash o r g i f t s
from
l i .
Kane has
a i d Fina dropped 2,033 r i m i n a l
counts
g a i n s t A l i , who ad been
charged w i t h s t e a l i n g
$430,000 rom
a t a t e
program, 24 ays b e f o r e
sh e
was worn
i n t o o f f i c e .
S h e a i d
t h a t e x t r a o r d i n a r i l y lenienr deal
c r i p p l e d
the
chance of h i s case succeeding in p r o s e c u t i o n .
F i n a ,
in a e t t e r p u b l i s h e d by the n q u i r e r a eek f t e r the
i r s t
s t o r y r a n ,
c a l l e d on Kane o
e x p l a i n
her e c i s i o n .
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T h e
n q u i r e r
a l s o p u b l i s h e d
a e t t e r t h a t day
from F i n a ' s b o s s ,
W i l l i a m s , r i t i c a l
o f
Kane.
Kane
v e n t u a l l y t u r n e d
over h e
A l i
case i l e
t o W i l l i a m s , who
s
now examining
whether
charges
can be
b r o u g h t a g a i n s t t h e
f o u r
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
and h e
T r a f f i c
Court u d g e , who s
c u r r e n t l y
on r i a l in an
u n r e l a t e d f e d e r a l
c o r r u p t i o n
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Prosecutor
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awyer
leading inquiry
into
w h e t h e r Kane's
office
leaked
g r a n d
jury
information
Thomas
.
C a r t u c c i o is
a
d e f e n s e l a w y e r and
e p u b l i c a n .
GALLERY:
Thomas .
Carluccio is
a
defense
l a w y e r . . .
By
ngela
Couloumbis
and
raig R.
McCoy,
nquirer Staff
Writers
P O S T E D :
eptember
4 , 2014
A eteran lawyer
from
Montg ome ry County
is
the s p e c i a l prosecutor
heading the
i n q u i r y
i n t o whether
t a t e
Attomey
General
Kathleen G.
Kane's
o f f i c e leaked
grand u r y
i n f o r m a t i o n
in
an
f f o r t
to d i s c r e d i t he r
c r i t i c s , The n q u i r e r
has leamed.
Thomas .
Carluccio,
a
r i m i n a l defense lawyer n
Plymouth
Meeting
and
former prosecutor
in
Delaware,
was
ppointed over
the
summer y
a
Montg ome ry
County
judge
to
explore how ecret
records became
p u b l i c
t h i s year about a 009
n v e s t i g a t i o n
by
the
Attorney General's
O f f i c e i n v o l v i n g
Philadelphia
p o l i t i c a l a c t i v i s t
J . Whyatt
Mondesire,
according t o
several
people
a m i l i a r w i t h
the m a t t e r .
No harges were brought
against Mondesire in the case.
T h e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
d e t a i l s of
which
appeared in a une t o r y in th e
P h i l a d e l p h i a
D a i l y
N e w s ,
ook place before
Kane
became t t o r n e y
general.
Carluccio
d i d
not respond
to
m e s s a g e s e f t
by
phone and
Tuesday. Renee a r t i n ,
Kane's c t i n g
d i r e c t o r
of communications, a i d
the o f f i c e would
h a ve
no comment.
The n q u i r e r i r s t reported
news f the s p e c i a l
p r o s e c u t o r ' s appointment
on
Sunday.
Sources a i d i n v e s t i g a t o r s in
the
i n q u i r y have
issued
subpoenas
o Kane's
o f f i c e
and o t h e r s .
Carluccio
was ppointed
by Judge
W i l l i a m Carpenter, he
supervising
grand
j u r y
judge
in
the
eastern
p a r t of
the
s t a t e ,
the sources a i d . Both
men
re Republicans.
Kane
s
a emocrat.
T h o u g h
there
have been
past
leak
i n q u i r i e s , t h i s appears o be i r s t
time
the
s t a t e a t t o r n e y
general or top s t a f f e r s in the o f f i c e
h a ve
come
under
c r u t i n y . S u c h an
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b i d t o r e l e a s e
c o n t r o v e r s i a l
e - m a i l s
September
5 ,
2014
Kane to decide
whether
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s t a t e
workers
racy
- m a i l s
September
1 , 2014
C a s t i l l e
jabs Kane
on
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December 5 ,
2014
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e a d i n g
i n q u i r y i n t o
whether
Kane's o f f i c e
leaked
grand
u r y
i n f o r m a t i o n
- . . .
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Heart At
c h i e f
j u s t i c e
of
the
Pennsylvania
S u p r e m e Court,
according to
a
spokesman o r
the
A d m i n i s t r a t i v e O f f i c e of
Pennsylvania Courts.
A erson who
i o l a t e s
grand
j u r y
secrecy
r u l e s
may
e found
g u i l t y
of
contempt of
court
and sentenced to up o
s i x months
in
p r i s o n .
Carluccio,57,
worked as a t a t e deputy
t t o r n e y
general
in Delaware
before
switching
sides to work as a
defense a t t o r n e y
in
Pennsylvania.
His
w i f e , Carolyn
Tornetta
Carluccio,
s a
udge.
A
epublican,
s h e
joined Carpenter
on the Montgomery
County
Common leas
bench
in
2010.
The eak t o
the
D a i l y
News
nvolved
a
2009 n v e s t i g a t i o n
by
former
Chief
Deputy
Attorney General Frank
G.
ina and
onetime Senior
Deputy Attorney
General E. Marc
Costanzo.
i n a ,
who andled th e
o f f i c e s h i g h e s t - p r o f i l e
c r i m i n a l cases, e f t h i s p o s i t i o n
s h o r t l y
a f t e r Kane
took o f f i c e .
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Ken
Fisher
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Heated b a t t l e
Fina
and
Kane
a ve
been
locked in a eated b a t t l e
over
the
l a s t
two
years
on how
e r t a i n cases were handled.
Kane, o r instance,
brought
in
a
former
ederal
prosecutor
f t e r
she
was
lected
to review Fines
prosecution of
ormer
Penn State
f o o t b a l l coach J e r r y Sandusky on
c h i l d sex-abuse
charges.
During
her
campaign
o r o f f i c e , Kane a i d the
Sandusky
probe might
have been
delayed f o r
p o l i t i c a l reasons. The ndependent
review
found
no
evidence
of h a t .
And o r
the
l a s t s i x months,
Kane
as
aced c r i t i c i s m
f o r s h u t t i n g
down s t i n g
operation
launched by
Fina h a t sources
an d
i n v e s t i g a t i v e
documents
say
captured f i v e
P h i l a d e l p h i a Democrats,
n c l u d i n g
four
s t a t e l e g i s l a t o r s , on
tape
accepting
money
r
g i f t s .
As
r i t i c i s m
over the
s t i n g
case mounted,
he
P h i l a d e l p h i a D a i l y
News
eported
in
e a r l y
June
h a t Kane
was
onducting
a eview
of
F i n a ' s handling of a 009
n v e s t i g a t i o n i n t o Mondesires
finances.
The
ewspape rs
t o r y
discussed, among
ther
h i n g s , a
ecret
i n v e s t i g a t i v e memo
ummarizing
the
s t a t u s of the Mondesire
probe.
Mondesire, he former
president
of
the
P h i l a d e l p h i a
NAACP, as
denied
any
wrongdoing.
E x p l i c i t e-mails
The eak
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
has been
complicated by
a
separate
but intense
l e g a l f i g h t over the exchange
of sexually
x p l i c i t e-mails
among ormer
and
current t a t e o f f i c i a l s .
The -mails
h a ve become
n
issue
because
some
Kane r i t i c s
argue h a t
Kanes
f f i c e
is using the
h r e a t
of h e i r
release
as a
way o s i l e n c e
c r i t i c i s m
of
h e r , sources
have
o l d
T h e
n q u i r e r .
The
e s s a g e s
were
discovered
during
Kane's review of the
Sandusky
i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
which
involved going
through thousands of
documents.
The n q u i r e r has reported t h a t the
e-mails were
shared
on
s t a t e computers and
sometimes hrough
government e-mail
accounts.
They are
s a i d
to
have contained
pornographic images,
okes, cartoons,
and
other
p r i v a t e messag e s.
T h o u g h
not
l l of
the r e c i p i e n t s
are known, some f
the
m a t e r i a l
c i r c u l a t e d
among
cores of f f i c i a l s , from
homicide
i n v e s t i g a t o r s
in
the
Attorney General's
O f f i c e
t o
s t a t e prosecutors
and
other s t a t e o f f i c i a l s , i n c l u d i n g
top
Pennsylvania u r i s t s , The
n q u i r e r h as
reported.
While
Judge
Carpenter
n
Montgomery County is overseeing
the
leak
probe, a i f f e r e n t judge, Norman
.
Kru m en ac h er
3d, f
Cambria
County, has u r i s d i c t i o n over the e-mail
i s s u e .
Several
news rganizations,
n c l u d i n g The
n q u i r e r , have put
in
r i g h t - t o - k n o w
requests o r the
e - m a i l s . But
Krumenacher
h as
ordered a tay
on
the release of the
e - m a i l s .
He
versees the grand j u r y in Western
Pennsylvania
as e l l as the
l e g a l issues
i n v o l v i n g Kanes
eview of
the Sandusky
prosecution. The
-mails
in
questions were
unearthed
by computer
experts as p a r t of h a t review.
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A t t o r n e y
General
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speaks
u r i n g
a
new s
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F r i d a y , June 27, 2014, t the
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2014,
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E v e
deadline o r
a
grand u r y t o
f i n i s h i t s
work
examining
whether t t o r n e y General Kathleen
Kane
v i o l a t e d
grand
j u r y
secrecy
by
l e a k i n g
documents
t o
a
P h i l a d e l p h i a newspaper,
and
t h e
outcome o u l d
take
weeks
r
months o
be
r e v e a l e d ,
l e g a l
experts
s a i d .
Several people
close
o p a r t i e s i n v o l v e d
i n the i n v e s t i g a t i o n suggest the grand u r y could
c o n t i n u e t o
meet h r o u g h mid-January.
We o n ' t discuss the grand u r y
a c t i v i t i e s .
I t i s
not p u b l i c , Kane's
spokeswoman, Renee
M a r t i n , s a i d .
Kane's lawyers have s a i d she
d i d n o t h i n g wrong and committed no crime.
Even
f
r e s o l u t i o n
of
the
m a t t e r
i s imminent,
experts
a i d ,
the r e s u l t
may ot
be .
T h e r e ' s
no way o
a n t i c i p a t e
the i m e l i n e ,
s a i d l o n g t i m e
c r i m i n a l defense t t o r n e y
W i l l i a m
C.
Costopoulous
f
Lemoyne
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Cumberland County.
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Judges
sometimes
seal
grand
j u r y
presentments.
And
the grand
j u r y ' s
recommendations
could
be
r e f e r r e d
t o
a
d i s t r i c t
a t t o r n e y , who
may
ecide
t h a t f u r t h e r
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i s
necessary.
T h e
r e s u l t s
could
range
from c l e a r i n g
Kane, or
making
no
r e p o r t ;
d i r e c t i n g
Kane o
e x p l a i n
a t a
h e a r i n g
why she
should n o t
be h e l d
i n
contempt
of o u r t ;
or
recommending c r i m i n a l
charges
such as p e r j u r y
or
o b s t r u c t i o n
o f
j u s t i c e .
I f
t h e
grand j u r y
f i n d s no
wrongdoing
o r need
f o r
a
r i t i c a l
r e p o r t ,
t could
issue a
r e p o r t
s p e c i f i c a l l y
c l e a r i n g t h e
p a r t i e s
i n v o l v e d ,
Costopoulous
a i d .
"The
range o f
p o s s i b i l i t i e s is
f a i r l y broad,"
a i d Bruce
Antkowiak,
a
former
e d e r a l
prosecutor and
law
p r o f e s s o r a t S t .
Vincent
College in
U n i t y .
Kane e s t i f i e d
l a s t month
before
the grand
j u r y in
Montgomery
County
and
acknowledged
t h a t
s he knew
h e r o f f i c e
provided the
P h i l a d e l p h i a D a i l y News
n f o r m a t i o n
from
a
2009 case
about
a
man
ever charged
w i t h
a crime,
p o s s i b l y t o
embarrass
a
former
prosecutor
w i t h
whom
Kane
i s
feuding.
Kane o f Clarks
Summit near
Scranton
is the
i r s t
woman nd i r s t
Democrat
l e c t e d
as
t t o r n e y
g e n e r a l .
She
a i d s he
b e l i e v e d the
m a t e r i a l leaked was ot
covered by grand
j u r y
secrecy.
T h e
i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f
a
statewide law
enforcement f f i c i a l by
a
c o u r t - a p p o i n t e d s p e c i a l
prosecutor i s
unusual, f n o t
unprecedented,
experts
s a i d .
Pennsylvania
Su p r em e
Court Chief
u s t i c e
Ronald D.
C a s t i l l e , who
must e t i r e
Wednesday
because
h e is
70, appointed as
prosecutor
Thomas
a r l u c c i o , a
N o r r i s t o w n
a t t o r n e y selected by
Montgomery
County
Judge
W i l l i a m
Carpenter.
C a s t i l l e
s a i d
t h e r e ' s
precedent
o r
c o u r t - a p p o i n t e d
s p e c i a l
prosecutors
o
handle grand
j u r y
l e a k s .
But
since the s t a t e ' s
f i r s t
e l e c t e d
a t t o r n e y general took
o f f i c e i n
1980,
none
has
undergone
such an
i n q u i r y ,
s a i d
G.
e r r y Madonna,
a
p o l i t i c a l science p r o f e s s o r a t
F r a n k l i n & arshall
College i n
Lancaster.
Former
A t t o r n e y
General E r n i e Preate, a
Scranton
Republican,
resigned
in
1 99 5
upon
pleading g u i l t y
t o
a
f e d e r a l m a i l f r a u d
charge.
With
grand
j u r y
secrecy, some
assumptions must
be made" o
analyze
the
i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
s a i d former
Montgomery
County
D i s t r i c t Attorney
Bruce
Castor, a
Republican
county
commissioner.
"The i r s t
assumption make s t h a t the
s p e c i a l
prosecutor has no
enforcement u t h o r i t y
over the
laws o f
t h e
commonwealth,"
Castor
s a i d .
"Anything
the
s p e c i a l
prosecutor uncovers
could
be
i n a d m i s s i b l e i f i t
was
athered
by
a erson
w i t h o u t
t h e a u t h o r i t y
t o
do s o .
That
may
e s u l t i n a
r e f e r r a l of any
i n d i n g s t o
a
d i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y , who may
ant
o
r e i n v e s t i g a t e by
t a l k i n g w i t h
witnesses
and
reviewing
documents,
Castor
s a i d .
Castor and experts
b e l i e v e
the
court
has
u t h o r i t y t o
decide contempt
f c o u r t ,
which they consider an
o f f e n s e against the
c o u r t . T h e p e n a l t y
f o r
contempt
i n a grand
j u r y leak i s up t o
s i x months n p r i s o n .
There's
i n h e r e n t
a u t h o r i t y
f o r the
court o
i n v e s t i g a t e
a
l e a k w h en t h e r e is
a
c o n f l i c t
of i n t e r e s t ,
Antkowiak s a i d . Kane "could c e r t a i n l y
not
i n v e s t i g a t e h e r s e l f .
I f t h e r e ' s no
s o l u t i o n ,
a
p o t e n t i a l l y
serious
c r i m i n a l
act
goes
unaddressed,''
Antkowiak
s a i d .
Kane
has
s a i d s he intends t o seek
r e - e l e c t i o n in
2016.
But
a
c r i t i c a l grand
j u r y
r e p o r t could be "very
n a s t y
and a f f e c t her c a r e e r , Castor
s a i d .
Nothing prevents the
t r a n s f e r of
the grand
j u r y ' s
work
o
another
grand
j u r y , f needed,
though t h a t could cause
l e g a l
obstacles and delays,
h e
s a i d .
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O v e r
the l a s t
y e a r ,
Pennsylvania
A t t o r n e y
General Kathleen
G .
Kane
has stumbled from one p r o f e s s i o n a l l y damaging
m a t t e r
t o
another.
Now
h e
faces another o b s t a c l e - and
p o t e n t i a l l y t h e b i g ge s t
y e t .
E a r l y
t h i s
y e a r ,
a statewide grand
j u r y meeting i n
N o r r i s t o w n
i s
expected t o
decide wheth er the onetime r i s i n g p o l i t i c a l
s t a r
v i o l a t e d
p r o s e c u t o r i a l r u l e s
by
l e a k i n g
s e c r e t
i n f o r m a t i o n t o
embarrass her
enemies.
For
Kane, he stakes
are h i g h :
T h e grand
j u r y
c o u l d g o
s o a r
as o recommend c r i m i n a l
charges,
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the
law
w h i l e
s e r v i n g
as
h e
states o p
e n f o r c e r o f
l a w .
Even
supporters
acknowledge h a t
the next few weeks
o u l d
mark
a
make-or-break moment
n
her
c a r e e r .
T h e r i s k s
range
from
a
w r i t t e n
rebuke, o being found
n
contempt of
o u r t ,
t o
a
c r i m i n a l
charge
o f o b s t r u c t i n g
j u s t i c e .
"The
next
few
weeks
i l l be a
t u r n i n g p o i n t f o r h e r , s a i d
John
M o r g a n e l l i , the
Democratic i s t r i c t a t t o r n e y i n
Northampton
County in
the Lehigh V a l l e y .
I f
i t
ends
n a
contempt
i t a t i o n
by
a
judge,
t
may o t be
d e v a s t a t i n g .
But f
t h e r e are crimes-
code v i o l a t i o n s ,
t h a t
c o u l d be p r o b l e m a t i c .
Kane, a
Democrat, has
acknowledged
t h a t
her
o f f i c e
r e l e a s e d
i n f o r m a t i o n about
a
grand
j u r y
case
r u n
by
her Republican
predecessors. But
she
has contended t h a t the
i n f o r m a t i o n
was o t c o n f i d e n t i a l grand j u r y
m a t e r i a l .
She as l s o
s t r o n g l y
suggested
t h a t
the l e a k i n v e s t i g a t i o n
i s
aimed a t
d e s t r o y i n g
her
o l i t i c a l l y .
I
am
i g h t i n g f o r an end t o abuse of the c r i m i n a l j u s t i c e
system," Kane
a i d i n November, as she was
eading in
t o
the grand j u r y t o
t e s t i f y . I f t h i s can
be
done o me
s
t t o r n e y
g e n e r a l , the c h i e f
law enforcement
f f i c e r o f
t h e
f i f t h - l a r g e s t
s t a t e
in the c o u n t r y , am ickened t o
t h i n k
what can and may
be done
o
r e g u l a r , good p e o p l e .
T h e
e a k
i n q u i r y
was u t h o r i z e d i n
the
summer
y former
s t a t e
Sup re me
Court Chief
u s t i c e Ronald D. a s t i l l e ,
a
Republican.
T h e grand
j u r y meets
n
s e c r e t ,
and,
n an
unusual move, witnesses
b e f o r e
the panel have been
ordered
n o t t o discuss
h e i r
testimony
p u b l i c l y ,
according t o two
people a m i l i a r
w i t h
the m a t t e r .
T h e
I n q u i r e r
has learned
t h a t
a
number
of
ormer
h i g h - r a n k i n g
o f f i c i a l s i n Kane's
d m i n i s t r a t i o n
have
e s t i f i e d ,
i n c l u d i n g
her
former i r s t
deputy, h i l a d e l p h i a lawyer Adrian
King,
and her
onetime c h i e f
o p e r a t i n g
o f f i c e r , David
T y l e r . Howard
Bruce
K l e i n , the
a t t o r n e y f o r Linda Dale H o f f a ,
another former
to p
Kane i d e ,
d e c l i n e d
comment.
I n the main, people a m i l i a r
w i t h
t h e
m a t t e r
say, he grand
j u r y
is
examining h o w i n t e r n a l documents rom a 2 009 grand j u r y
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
l e d
by
the
A t t o r n e y
General's
O f f i c e ended
up
being
c i t e d i n a P h i l a d e l p h i a D a i l y News
t o r y
t h i s
p a s t June.
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inquiry
T h e
n v e s t i g a t i o n i n v o l ve d a l l e g e d
f i n a n c i a l
i m p r o p r i e t i e s
by
J .
Whyatt
Mondesire, he former p r e s i d e n t o f
the
P h i l a d e l p h i a
NAACP.
t
was
verseen by h e n - s t a t e prosecutor
Frank
G.
F i n a , w i t h whom ane has been locked f o r
months in a
b i t t e r
and t a n g l e d d i s p u t e over h ow
c e r t a i n
cases
were handled.
T h e grand
j u r y has expanded
t s
i n q u i r y t o examine Kane s
d e c i s i o n in the
a l l t o
r e l e a s e t h e name s
f
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t r a d e d
pornographic
- m a i l s
on s t a t e
t i m e , T h e
I n q u i r e r has
l e a r n e d .
A l l e i g h t
had
t i e s
t o
F i n a .
Kane's
p o l i t i c a l
s t a r
began
o dim
l a s t
year
a f t e r T h e
n q u i r e r
r e p o r t e d
t h a t
sh e had shut
d own a s t i n g
i n v e s t i g a t i o n
launched.by
F i n a ,
even
though the
undercover
o p e r a t i o n
had
caught
p u b l i c
o f f i c i a l s
on tape
accepting cash.
To ome,
he
s t o r y
i n
the D a i l y
News
eemed
designed
t o
s t r i k e
a
counterblow
a t F i n a .
I n
a
m i r r o r image
o f the
c r i t i c i s m
Kane has
u s t a i n e d over th e
s t i n g ,
t h e
newspaper
r t i c l e
suggested
t h a t F i n a
had f a i l e d
t o
a g g r e s s i v e l y
pursue the
Mondesire
m a t t e r .
Fina was
among cores o f c u r r e n t o r
former t a f f e r s in the
A t t o r n e y
General's
O f f i c e who
xchanged s e x u a l l y e x p l i c i t
e - m a i l s , and Kane has been
i n t e n t on naming him
i n
connection w i t h t h a t , as she d i d
w i t h t h e e i g h t o f f i c i a l s , T h e
I n q u i r e r
has r e p o r t e d .
But
sources say the judge s u p e r v i s in g t h e
l e a k
i n q u i r y issued
an
order several
months
ago
f f e c t i v e l y b a r r i n g
Kane
from
c i t i n g
F i n a ' s
name u b l i c l y . T h e
judge
d i d
s o
f t e r Fina an d
o t h e r s argued
t h a t
Kane was
s i n g
the
h r e a t
of e l e a s i n g th e
e - m a i l s
t o i n t i m i d a t e
them.
A ear
of
controversy
A f t e r a
l a n d s l i d e
v i c t o r y
i n 2 0 12 h a t made
er h e
f i r s t woman
and i r s t Democrat l e c t e d
a t t o r n e y general
n
the
s t a t e ,
Kane
s w i f t l y
b u i l t a n a t i o n a l r e p u t a t i o n
in
her i r s t
year
n
o f f i c e
f o r
her stands in f a v o r of
gay
r i g h t s and gun
c o n t r o l .
Her
second
y e a r , though,
was
arked
by c o n t r o v e r s y over
the s t i n g ,
her r e t r a c t i o n s o f
p u b l i c
statements, and repeated
shake-ups
o f her
t a f f .
Amid
t h a t ,
she c o u l d
n o t
p o i n t
t o
an y
h i g h - p r o f i l e
c o n v i c t i o n s t o change h e
s u b j e c t :
T h e
Pennsylvania Turnpike
p a y - t o - p l a y
c o r r u p t i o n
case sh e
announced
w i t h f a n f a r e e a r l y i n
o f f ic e f i z z l e d l a t e l a s t year
w i t h o u t
any
defendant
r e c e i v i n g a a i l
sentence.
While
a d m i t t i n g the d i s c l o s u r e
o f i n f o r m a t i o n
t o the
D a i l y
New s,
Kane
who e c l i n e d comment
o r t h i s
a r t i c l e
- has a i d
the
m a t e r i a l was
assed
on i n
a
way h a t d i d n o t v i o l a t e
s t a t u t o r y
o r case law
r e g a r d i n g
grand
j u r y
secrecy."
Her
c o n t e n t i o n :
t h a t
Pennsylvania
law
has no s t a t u t e
t h a t
binds
an
a t t o r n e y
general
o
grand
j u r y
secrecy.
indeed,
he
s t a t e
law
e s t a b l i s h i n g
i n v e s t i g a t i v e
grand j u r i e s makes no
mention of
the a t t o r n e y
g e n e r a l . Rather, t imposes
secrecy
r u l e s
on the
p a r t i c i p a n t s
i n
t h e j u r y room, and
t
name s
t hem -
j u r o r , a t t o r n e y ,
i n t e r p r e t e r ,
stenographer," adding: A l l
such
persons
s h a l l be sworn t o secrecy, and s h a l l be i n
contempt
o f c o u r t
i f they r e v e a l any
i n f o r m a t i o n which
they are
sworn
t o
keep s e c r e t .
One f Kane's lawyers,
Lanny J . Davis, has noted
t h a t w hen
the
Mondesire grand
j u r y was n session
in
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p a r t i c i p a n t s
swore secrecy
oaths
Kane was stay-at-home
mom
I t
is our
e g a l
o p i n i o n
t h a t t h e r e
has
never
been
a
case
decided
where a
succeeding a t t o r n e y general has been
accused of i o l a t i n g
an
oath
t h a t she
never
o o k ,
Davis
a i d
i n an
i n t e r v i e w
l a t e
l a s t
y e a r .
Beyond
t h a t , Kane contends
h a t
she
a u t h o r i z e d o n l y
a
v e r y
l i m i t e d
d i s c l o s u r e o f
i n f o r m a t i o n t o
t h e
D a i l y
News:
a
doc u men t
e l a t e d t o
a
review she launched
l a s t
March
examining
ho w Fina
d e a l t w i t h
t h e
Mondesire a l l e g a t i o n s i n
2009. Mondesire,who as
denied any wrongdoing,
was
o t
charged n the
i n q u i r y , which ended years ago.
Overzealous
t a f f ?
Yet
he
a r t i c l e
a l s o
quoted
h e a v i l y
from a
2009
n t e r n a l
memo
d e t a i l i n g
a l l e g a t i o n s
a g a i n s t
Mondesire.
Kane maintains
sh e
has
no
i d e a
h o w h a t
p a r t i c u l a r
d o c u men t got o
th e
newspaper.
n
e f f e c t ,
she
s
suggesting t h a t
perhaps
overzealous members
f
her t a f f may ave
r r e d
in p u t t i n g
t o g e t h e r
the i n f o r m a t i o n given t o the newspaper.
F i n a l l y ,
Kane's
l l i e s
are q u e s t i o n i n g
t h e v e r y
l e g a l i t y of the
i n v e s t i g a t i o n ,
saying no x p l i c i t
s t a t u t e
p e r m i t s such
a l e a k
i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
C a s t i l l e has
e j e c t e d
t h i s
argument,
i t i n g
among t h e r
t h i n g s
a
t a t e
law t h a t gives the h i g h c o u r t the
broad
power o
cause r i g h t
and
u s t i c e t o be done.
Nor are such l e a k i n q u i r i e s unprecedented. The h i g h c o u r t
has
u t h o r i z e d them a t l e a s t t w i c e b e f o r e . I n a
2007 case,
he
i n v e s t i g a t io n l e d t o the a i l i n g o f
an
i n v e s t i g a t o r from th e
A t t o r n e y General's O f f i c e .
G .
Terry Madonna, he
p o l i t i c a l a n a l y s t ,
says any i n d i n g
t h a t
Kane
broke
the
law
would be e v a s t a t i n g t o her
image. Her
post s
c l o s e l y
t i e d t o issues
o f
c h a r a c t e r and i n t e g r i t y ,
Madonna s a i d .
You
are innocent n t i l proven g u i l t y , h e
a i d .
But she s th e
s t a t e ' s top
law enforcement
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OF
ERVICE
Pursuant o
Pa.R.A.P.
121 and
122, h e
undersigned
c e r t i f i e s t h a t
a t r u e
and
c o r r e c t
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United S t a t e s
m a i l .
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S p e c i a l
Prosecutor
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