Attorney General Josh Shapiro: Kathleen Kane Cost Pa. $3.6 Million

HARRISBURG (News Radio 1020 KDKA) - Pennsylvania's new attorney general has come up with a preliminary estimate of $3.6 million for the total legal costs of what he termed the "drama" associated with the state's last elected attorney general, Kathleen Kane.

Appearing at a state Senate budget hearing, Attorney General Josh Shapiro said about $1.8 million went to an outside law firm review of tawdry emails.

But, Shapiro says another $877,000 was spent on legal fees to defend the office from employee lawsuits.

"This is an extraordinary amount, and completely incomparable to anything we could find from the Corbett/Kelly years or even before then. In addition to that, we found $791,000 in total costs to various settlements, $191,000 in costs – legal costs associated with representing employees at the Kane trial," said Shapiro.

Shapiro says what he can't put a number right now on is the cost of what he called the "distraction" and "neglect" to the office.

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