In the span of an eventful holiday weekend, the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General experienced a two-pronged communications crisis that further demonstrated what sources have said is an ongoing power struggle among the office’s leadership created by the introduction of a new solicitor general role filled by Bruce L. Castor Jr.
As the office reeled from the loss of its eighth press secretary during state Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s three-plus years in office, Castor was forced to walk back the announcement of a news conference intended to present the preliminary findings of an investigation Kane ordered six months ago into offensive emails sent by government officials. In a press release issued Monday afternoon, just two days after the news conference was announced, Castor expressed dissatisfaction with the draft report prepared by Doug Gansler of BuckleySandler, the former Maryland attorney general Kane hired to review millions of emails stored on agency servers.
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