A hearing over whether state Attorney General Kathleen Kane violated a court order by firing an employee who provided grand jury testimony throws the ongoing dispute once again into a legal gray area, according to attorneys who spoke with The Legal.

On April 10, supervising grand jury Judge William R. Carpenter ordered a hearing into whether Kane violated a protective order when she fired James P. Barker, who had headed the criminal appeals and grand jury unit.

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