Post by Logan on Mar 1, 2016 15:30:57 GMT -6
The special prosecutor hired by Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane to examine the evidence in the pornographic email scandal says it is unlikely he will bring criminal charges against anyone involved.
Douglas F. Gansler, in an interview Monday, said bringing charges under obscenity statutes would be far-fetched. Such prosecutions have become fairly rare nationwide, he said.
As for the former or current officials who swapped pornographic or otherwise offensive emails on government computers, Gansler said their conduct might violate workplace rules, but was hardly criminal.
He said the government workers might have committed a "policy violation, possibly an ethics violation," but not a crime.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160301_Special_prosecutor__no_criminal_charges_likely_in_Porngate.html
Douglas F. Gansler, in an interview Monday, said bringing charges under obscenity statutes would be far-fetched. Such prosecutions have become fairly rare nationwide, he said.
As for the former or current officials who swapped pornographic or otherwise offensive emails on government computers, Gansler said their conduct might violate workplace rules, but was hardly criminal.
He said the government workers might have committed a "policy violation, possibly an ethics violation," but not a crime.
Read more: www.philly.com/philly/news/20160301_Special_prosecutor__no_criminal_charges_likely_in_Porngate.html