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Wilkes-Barre shooting suspect waives hearing

<p>HARRISBURG &#8212; Pennsylvania&#8217;s attorney general said Tuesday that prosecutors in the Philadelphia suburbs have not told her how soon they will decide whether to charge her in a grand jury leak investigation.</p><p>Attorney General Kathleen Kane said her defense lawyer met recently with people from the Montgomery County district attorney&#8217;s office, part of what she described as cooperation with the investigation.</p><p>She said the decision about charges rests with Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman.</p><p>&#8220;I am very forthcoming with what happened and what didn&#8217;t happen, and they were there to make sure that we offer any piece of evidence or any bit of information that we can so that she can make her decision as she sees fit,&#8221; Kane said during a Capitol news conference on an unrelated topic.</p><p>Ferman is looking into the disclosure of information about a 2009 grand jury investigation for a story in the Philadelphia Daily News last year. She took over the case after a grand jury recommended in December that Kane be charged for allegedly engaging in a cover-up and lying about her role in the leak.</p><p>Kane said that if she is charged, she does not plan to resign.</p><p>She said she has not been told that a decision about charges is imminent.</p><p>&#8220;I have not been told that, and in fact I hear the rumors around Harrisburg and I sometimes think the rumor mill is akin to middle school,&#8221; Kane said.</p><p>Kane, a former county prosecutor in Scranton, made history in 2012 when she became the first woman and first Democrat elected as Pennsylvania&#8217;s attorney general.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Scolforo</p><p>Associated Press</p></bylineMeta></div>

Kane waiting on DA’s decision