Email chains seem never-ending, quite like this scandal.
According to Mark Fazlollah, Craig McCoy and Angela Couloumbis of the Inquirer, offensive emails were sent to several current and former PA Supreme Court Justices.
This discovery was made by the Judicial Conduct Board during the investigation of Justice Michael Eakin. They judged these emails offensive but not pornographic.
The two sitting Justices that received messages are Max Baer and Kevin Dougherty. The men were recipients of ten and three emails respectively from former Justice Seamus McCaffery between 2008 and 2010. McCaffery was forced to resign in December 2014 over the issue.
McCafferty also sent messages to five former Supreme Court Justices: Ron Castille, Correale Stevens, Joan Orie Melvin, William Lamb and Ralph Cappy.
Castille told the Inquirer that he asked McCaffery to stop sending him inappropriate emails in 2010 and later warned him in an email copied to the other justices that his conduct could prove embarrassing to the Court.
Stevens said that he also urged McCafferty to quit while Lamb couldn’t remember (Melvin didn’t respond and Cappy passed away in 2009).
Seamus McCaffery still insists he did nothing inappropriate.
“It was all harmless banter between friends.”
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Someone call hahaha a waaambulance. I rebroke his ego today.
Uneducated R – you should probably go back to horse country. You are taking a beating here. Sorry I can’t be your friend anymore.
Underedumecated Retard iz like da dumbest troll i’ze ever met. He so dum that he done study’ed fors a blood tesst – ands he failed.
5:15 not me either. I guess when it comes to trolling it takes one to know one. LOL.
4:50–Not me. 3:57 was.
Where are you hahaha? Can’t you back up your lies. Don’t be scared little baby. You don’t have to keep posting as me. I’m so flattered. LOL
Where’s hahaha? LOL Hello — HaHaHa!?! HAHAHA … I can’t spell it any other way. Can’t understand why you won’t respond.
How’s it feel to get EXPOSED by a troll, Observer? LOL
How sad you have to post using my name, hahaha. We know you’re there. Note to self, Observer3 is slow (probably another of hahaha’s newest aliases).
No – it’s me. I admit it. As I said below, I am the troll. No use trying to hide it now ….
Hello, can you hear me, hahaha
I’ve forgotten how it felt before you OWNED me.
There’s such a difference between us;
And a million IQ points …
Hello from the other side
I must have called for you a thousand times — HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!
Hello … HaHaHa ?
Hahaha, where are you? LOL
Wait — I thought you were denying that you were the troll? You suck at trolling despite doing it all day every day.
How’s it feel to get owned by a troll? LOL
“I now do remember the “gamer” days where the troll would send links to the bizarre fantasy world he lives”
Where’s the link hahaha?
Where’s hahaha? LOL
Huh? What did I miss? I am just waiting for someone to answer this:
Is there any reason why you haven’t written anything about Seth Williams’ new “Chief of Staff” and “General Counsel?” This a high paid position – and one that did not exist before Williams created it for Kathy Martin.
Kathy Martin has zero general counsel experience. She has very little prosecutorial experience. But – Kathy Martin is married to Bob Levant.
Bob Levant is Tyron Ali’s lawyer — the con-man “cooperator” in the legislative sting case. Levant negotiated a sweet “deal” with Frank Fina for Mr. Ali on that case. It really wasn’t a deal though – as Fina dropped all the charges against Ali in an 11th hour move right before Kane took office. What was the rush?
Also – Frank Fina let Tyron Ali keep the $400,000.00 he stole from PA taxpayers.
And guess who is Frank Fina’s lawyer is?!? I’ll give you three guesses …. Yep — Bob Levant. And guess what Fina and Levant want now? More taxpayer $$$. They are suing Kane and the State of PA for money.
And, now we have Levant’s wife, on behalf of Williams and Fina, talking negatively about Kane in the Press.
Is Seth Williams going to tell us it is a coincidence that the person he chose for this newly created, high paying job just so happens to be Levant’s wife? Have you looked into how much $$$ Levant gave Williams? Have you looked into whether Levant was involved in representing Williams or finding attorneys to represent Williams in the Federal Criminal Investigation into Williams? Have you asked whether Kathy Martin even interviewed with or vetted by the Hiring Committee at the D.A.’s Office?
Isn’t it time for someone to tell this story? To ask the questions at least? Who in the Press will have the balls?
Gotta spoof me because you got owned hahaha. Hubris is a bitch, right? Maybe you were prosecuted by Fina. LOL
Hello. hahaha. Hello!! It’s me …HaHaHa — Please respond
Cue the music —
Hello, can you hear me
I’ve forgotten how it felt before you OWNED me.
There’s such a difference between us;
And a million IQ points …
Hello from the other side
I must have called for you a thousand times — HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!
Hello … HaHaHa ?
Hello hahaha, where are you (and all your aliases)? Where’s the link? LOL
Democrats love Kane but can’t stand the mentally disabled. So tolerant.
Unhinged is how you’re dropping f-bombs over here a minute ago: https://www.politicspa.com/reader-poll-kane-still-has-her-supporters/72022/comment-page-4/#comment-1057904
#RetardTroll
Where did I link to a bizarre fantasy world, hahaha??? #WebOfLies
Where are you? LOL
Seriously. The dude is coming unhinged.
Ha3 – You are clearly in his head again — “Hahaha where are you hahaha”
Yikes!!
Hahaha where are you hahaha? LOL. #SoOwned
Hold on. How many Brandy’s are there here? And how does Unsanctioned R know when I am posting and when I am not???
“That can’t be brandy.” Is he some deranged stalker?
Did I catch yet another lie hahaha?#owned.
Perhaps Sy can just delete these?!? Sy — please help me out here!!!
That can’t be brandy. Link please Mr. Liar.
Damn — I forgot to switch back to this screen name again! I am so stupid!! Just ignore the last couple posts.
I don’t know what hahaha is referring to (again) can you provide a link?
Comparing obscenity crime with the blackmail, whistle-blower firings, and perjury coverup of the sitting AG is all you need to know about Democrats’ priorities.
Kraig – I now do remember the “gamer” days where the troll would send links to the bizarre fantasy world he lives i, The best way to handle a troll is to never substantively address him/her. Just call them names.
This one is a RETARD cross-dresser who also goes as “Brandy” … LOL.
Funny how everyone who calls others “retard” goes silent at the same time. You gotta make up some more new names.
f I am Kevin Steele, I am taking a very close look at this trumped-up case against Kane. Even if Steele really thinks she leaked a document, it seems that the people behind the investigation are/were “corrupted sources.” And selective enforcement is still a form of corruption. The “case’ against Kane was a calculated effort to silence her. It was an attempt to cover-up the actions of some very powerful people. He now has to know that. Not only that – his star witness has told TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORIES.
The case against Kane is dirty. Always has been. Now it is starting to stink up the joint.
Speaking of “the joint” — I agree that Fina and his pals better get fitted for their orange jump suits. Even Castille has said that the contents of their Hate-gate e-mails constitute violations of the Crimes Code. And he was CHIEF JUSTICE of the Supreme Court. Pretty good authority!!
You’d think if everyone wanted to keep Kane quiet they wouldn’t have said anything about her. After all she was doing a great job not releasing anything for years. It wasn’t until someone accused her in court of using the emails for blackmail that we started to see them.
LOL. I beat you like a drum hahaha. You feed me more than anyone.
No. I don’t. You are a troll. Do not address me directly ever again.
See what I mean gulag?
http://mobile.philly.com/beta?wss=/philly/blogs/thinktank&id=366070061
sklaroff … oh sklaroff … where are you???
Please stop calling me a RETARD. All of you!!
I am just a paid shill with a learning disability. Thank you.
Anyone who thinks “Unsanctioned R” is not a retard troll shill is gullible.
Anyone who thinks Kane was being silenced is gullible. She chose not to release the emails for years. It wasn’t until someone complained of her blackmailing use of the emails in court that they started to trickle out.
“one new boots” … LOL at the retard.
I’m hated by one new boots with multiple screen names who can’t stand getting embarrassed so he repeatedly yells obscenities, calls me a retard and threatens to expose me and have my posts deleted. As a matter of fact he constantly lies about having posts removed and is lying even now. But, that’s what noobs do. Then they go away.
Karen + Kraig — he is a known RETARD.
His name used to be “Uneducated R (etard)”
Yes, Karen He is a pathetic weasel. Admitted “gamer troll.”
Remember those days? When he was admitting and linking to his “gamer” web-sites? He must have been off his meds. He’s more fun now – when he tries to hide his troll-don and gets OWNED. Happens every day, almost.
Is “Unsanctioned R” the troll everyone hates?
You idiot, you just compared two commenters who used the same word but have some diametrically opposed views. You are king of the dumbassess.
Bottom line — This is a MAJOR victory for Kane.
There is now clear evidence of a concerted effort to “go after” Kane. And the motive couldn’t be more obvious. From Castille’s authorization of the leak “investigation” to the Supreme Court voting to temporarily suspend Kane’s law license to Eakin’s cover-up attempts – this is the very definition of corruption.
These are bad people who will stop at nothing to protect themselves and their careers. The trumped-up charges against Kane were part of a plan to undermine her – to silence her. But it didn’t work. And now the truth is coming out.
Pennsylvania politics is a cesspool. It needs to be DRAINED.
LOL … Same moron/Same typos: “Soon I supposed”
And now he is pretending he doesn’t know why his other posts under the different screen-name are getting deleted by PoliticsPA.
Classic. Epic Troll Fail.