The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed the conviction of former Attorney General Kathleen Kane, whose meteoric rise to prominence was surpassed only by her dramatic downfall in the wake of scandal involving a shuttered corruption investigation, grand jury leaks and personal retaliation.

In a published Friday opinion, a three-judge appeals court panel consisting of Judges Anne E. Lazarus, Paula Francisco Ott and William H. Platt unanimously upheld Kane’s conviction on perjury and related charges. Kane was convicted in August 2016 when a Montgomery County jury found that she had intentionally leaked confidential investigative information to smear a rival, then lied about her actions under oath.

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