An aide to Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who has been found guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced to jail time, has argued that the judge who found him guilty should not have heard the case, and that there was not enough evidence to support the conviction.
In his brief to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, Patrick Reese, a special agent in the Office of Attorney General and close confidant of Kane, argued that the lower court erred by denying his motion for recusal of Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge William R. Carpenter and his motion to dismiss the charges. Reese argued that Carpenter should not have presided over the criminal case because he was biased against Kane, and because he was an alleged victim of Reese’s alleged contempt.
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