Kane is Able

**Gman106** · November 13th, 2014, 01:56 PM

AG Kane is cleared to return to work. Though still in pain following her recent car accident, she has been restored to full incompetence and is anxious to continue covering-up and fucking-up for Pennsylvanians...

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20...in_a_week.html

HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane has been cleared to return to work by her doctors after the car accident last month that left her with a concussion, her office said in a statement Thursday.

Kane is still experiencing a lot of pain but can return to work after next week, "as tolerable," the statement said.

The Attorney General is scheduled to testify next week in a grand jury investigation into possible improper leaks by her office, The Inquirer has reported. It was not immediately clear whether she intends to appear for the testimony.

Her spokeswoman, Renee Martin, said only that Kane, a Democrat, "intends to meet obligations." She did not elaborate.

The office released the statement to update the public on Kane's medical condition since the early morning accident in which she was involved on Oct. 21 in Dunmore, a small town near Scranton.

The Inquirer first reported last week that the accident occurred just hours before Kane was to testify in the grand jury investigation, in which a special prosecutor in Montgomery County is examining how confidential records about a 2009 investigation run by her Republican predecessors became public.

It was the second time she had canceled plans to take the stand in that inquiry, according to sources familiar with the matter. The grand jury expires within a few weeks, they said.

Martin has said the office cannot discuss the grand jury investigation, or even confirm that it exists.

The office has said that since the accident, Kane, 48, has been working from her home in Clarks Summit, about 10 miles north of Dunmore.

The Inquirer has reported that lawyer Thomas E. Carluccio is the special prosecutor for the grand jury sitting in Montgomery County. His appointment was authorized by Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille.

In his position, Carluccio is examining an alleged leak to the Philadelphia Daily News about a 2009 grand jury inquiry into the finances of activist J. Whyatt Mondesire, former head of the Philadelphia NAACP.

Violating grand jury secrecy rules can be punished by up to six months in prison.

The Daily News story questioned whether Frank G. Fina and another ranking prosecutor in the Attorney General's Office had pursued the Mondesire probe aggressively. No charges were filed against Mondesire.

Fina and Kane have been locked for months in an increasingly bitter and public battle over how cases were handled.

As part of Carluccio's probe, his investigators have subpoenaed Kane and other officials on her staff.

Kane's first planned appearance was canceled because she had a scheduling conflict, the sources said. It was rescheduled for Oct. 21.

Just before 7 that morning, the SUV carrying Kane and her security detail hit a parked car in Dunmore, according to a police report.

The two agents with Kane at the time were Patrick Reese and Robert Ruddy. Both had been Dunmore police officers before Kane hired them last year. Reese had been the police chief, Ruddy a veteran officer.

The report said Kane and the men were wearing shoulder and seat belts. But Martin said Kane was not belted in and struck her head on impact.

None of the three was taken to a hospital by emergency medical personnel, according to the police report. Kane did go to the emergency room, and subsequently visited her doctor, Martin said.

Kane's office did not release information about the accident until The Inquirer asked about it 10 days after the crash.

acouloumbis@phillynews.com