The Disciplinary Board of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court notified Kathleen Kane it is seeking an emergency suspension of her law license which, legally speaking, would end her run as attorney general.
The move could potentially end Scranton native Kathleen Kane's term as Pennsylvania attorney general as soon as next month.
Sources tell Newswatch 16 that the Disciplinary Board of the state Supreme Court told the A.G. Friday that it is seeking that emergency suspension of her law license.
The state constitution requires the attorney general to be a practicing lawyer, so if the state pulls her license, Kane would be forced to step down.
Kane has 10 days to respond to the suspension and then the justices of the state Supreme Court would hear her side, the board's side, and make its decision.
The attorney general is facing criminal charges and is accused of leaking confidential information to a newspaper and lying about it to a grand jury.
The disciplinary board is made up of 11 lawyers and two non-lawyers and it can petition for an emergency suspension for a number of reasons, including what it calls "substantial public harm."
Newswatch 16 could not reach the attorney general for comment Friday afternoon.
