PA SPENDING $2 MILLION OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER GOVERNMENT DRONES LOOK AT PORN AT WORK

I can provide the answer for free. Yes, government drones are looking at porn at work. Over 65% of all men admit to viewing porn at work. The other 35% are lying. Over 40% of women have viewed porn at work. This corrupt shrew attorney general is under indictment but refuses to step down. She’s focused on this bullshit as she attempts to bring down her enemies. This is standard operating procedure in the cesspool state capitol of Harrisburg. Meanwhile, we are six months into the fiscal year and PA still does not have a budget. Localities have been forced to drain their reserves and borrow to make payrolls. Luckily the slithering snakes in Harrisburg set aside special funds so they would be paid. 

AG Kane’s office will spend up to $2M on private lawyers in porn, corruption investigation

Attorney General Kathleen Kane has signed a contract hiring a private law firm to review and prosecute potential cases arising from emails uncovered as part of the ‘Porngate’ investigation.

The contract does not place a cap on legal fees or expenses although Kane’s pick for special deputy attorney general, Douglas Gansler, has said he plans to use the expired independent counsel law’s $2 million threshold as an upper limit.

Kane spokesman Chuck Ardo said Friday that Gansler’s contract is still in the works. Gansler will receive a similar contract instead of previous plans to hire him as an employee of the office, Ardo said.

Several legal experts have raised questions about whether Kane’s authority to prosecute could be extended to Gansler, who will need to be moved into the case pro hac vice due to his not having a Pennsylvania law license.

“They’re hammering out all the fine points of the contract and, whatever challenges there may be, there’ll be a legal solution found,” Ardo said.

The contract with Gansler’s firm, the Washington, D.C.-based BuckleySandler, was signed by Kane on Dec. 8. On Thursday, the Attorney General’s Office comptroller Douglas Ottenberg signed the contract, certifying that $750,000 had been made available for the expenditure.

Five individuals are listed in the contract’s fee structure, with a note that the firm has discounted their normal hourly rate by 15 percent:

• Elizabeth R. Bailey, $480
• Caitlin Kasmar, $740
• Benjamin B. Klubes, $880
• Leah Kuo, $205
• Antonio Reynolds, $685

According to the contract, other attorneys at the firm may be brought in at Gansler’s discretion. The firm will be paid for “reasonable costs incurred in the course of performing the services” as well as expenses for any necessary court reporter services and lodging, meals and travel.

The description of services calls for an independent investigation and prosecution of any crimes arising from the state’s email system, including “tens of thousands of emails.” It also includes “any related acts that may include evidence of improper collusion, lack of impartiality and independence, or obstruction of court proceedings or other government functions.

Those emails have already prompted a series of resignations and retirements, including state Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery. Another justice, J. Michael Eakin, faces possible suspension.