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PA-Sen: McGinty Calls on Justice Eakin to Resign

Katie_McGintyDemocrats are beginning to rally against State Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin.

State Senator Anthony Williams was the first. Now, Democratic candidate for Senate and Governor Wolf’s former Chief of Staff Katie McGinty wants Eakin gone.

McGinty is also calling on Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams to fire the three prosecutors (Frank Fina, Marc Costanzo and Pat Blessington) involved in the infamous email chains. Last week, Philadelphia’s five City Councilwoman called on them to go.

DA Williams decided to give the three men “sensitivity training” instead and balked at firing them.

The candidate released a statement that was then sent out in a series of tweets, which are produced below:

https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/667056238144978948

https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/667056453363081216

https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/667056688034353153

https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/667056985070804992

https://twitter.com/KatieMcGintyPA/status/667057363569000448

66 Responses

  1. Democrats love being ignorant. Send the Alahu akbar chanting Paris celebrators over here, right? The other terrorist nations won’t take them because they know liberals will help them contribute to “god’s work”

    Twitter on about emails (of only your enemies, mind you) while Rome burns.

  2. You nailed it, Pam. It truly is sickening. It truly is sickening. And the fact that they are still collecting paychecks from me and my family (who are taxpayers in Philadelphia) is truly infuriating.

    Agreed that Kane is a mess. But, whistleblowers often are. The stress she must have been under when she became the target of the men you talk about must have been overwhelming. There is no excuse for her if she leaked documents that were confidential;. But the fact that she is the only person being prosecuted is absolutely absurd.

    Guys like Frank Fina should be facing charges. Corrupt Judges who sit by while their buddies clear them of wrongdoing need to be facing charges.

  3. Wow, Pat. You are correct.

    Seth Williams better wake up. He got into bed with the wrong guys.

    Think about it, Seth. If these guys had any loyalty to you, they would have resigned by now.

    As it stands, you are going down with their sinking ship. Cut your losses. Take a stand and keep Blessington (who only received e-mails and is not a part of the Kane fiasco). And IMMEDIATELY FIRE FINA & COSTANZO.

    If you received the e-mails too and Kane has the goods on you, then come clean. That will at least explain why you continue to employ those creeps.

  4. It’s really sad that this comment thread has been hijacked and turned into pro-Obama and anti-Obama stupidity. The story is about men in government feeling as if they are above the law and able to use government property to spew racist, anti-women, hate-filled emails to all their buddies. It’s wrong, it’s immoral and it’s sickening. The fact that it’s judges and attorneys who interact in a courtroom determining outcome of cases that affect us all is truly frightening. Our PA justice system is broken. Kane is a mess, but she’s only part of that problem.

  5. PADem – You nailed it.

    Add the following to “FoxNews watching,” “borderline racist” and “cranky” :

    TEA-guzzling
    Cracker Barrel eating
    Paula Deen loving
    Climate change denying
    diabetes suffering
    gun-loving

  6. Like I said – Reasonable people are now starting to wake up:

    http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/20151119_Bar_chancellors_call_for_independent_review_of_porn_emails.html

    Albert S. Dandridge III, chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar, said the public deserved the “full, unvarnished truth of what happened, when it happened, and who was involved.”

    William H. Pugh V, president of the Pennsylvania Bar, focused his criticism on the emails’ content. “Conduct that is demeaning to women and members of diverse groups is not acceptable,” he said.

  7. OMG … Seriously?!? “TheBlaze” … Come on, man. Come correct next time.

    “TheBlaze is an independent news and entertainment television network and website founded by conservative talk radio personality and entrepreneur Glenn Beck.”

    GLENN BECK !! !! !!

  8. JP-Calling President Obama a thug and a megalomaniac is not really my idea of proving your Dem credentials. Rather, it pegs you as a Fox News-watching, old, cranky, borderline racist who maybe has drifted from his younger, more-idealistic self and turned into a sad, pathetic old man. I feel sorry for you. Turn off your TV and learn something. Your worldview is not just skewed – it’s wrong.

  9. LOL … is this the part where you pretend all Americans feel the same way you do about Israel? Good luck with that …

  10. Ben Carson suggested Barak Obama is a megalomaniac- as reflected by some posts on my comments – so are some of his supported. DD – I feel sorry for you- I could comment on your post but it is unworthy of a response. Nothing reflects more clearly on what Obama has done to our Nation than the kind of posts we see from DD and haha.
    Even as a democrat I can proclaim that the kind of politics engendered by Obama and his kind should disgust a
    Us all. I think I’ll pass on further comments to the kind of sick posts we see from DD and haha- some of us may not want a return to Bush/Cheyney- but do we really want the kind of leadership we get from Obama the thug- and the kind of people who support him like DD and Haha- climb back into your anti American and anti Israel holes- say what you will your comments reflect a vileness and vulgarity that all of us should reject!

  11. Iran has already reneged on Obama’s deal.

    Jpaul, you’re right about Obama’s double standard, despite David trying to blame you for it.

  12. Jpaul=

    When Israel killed hundreds of innocent civilians, including children, you didn’t complain. You appear okay with that price.

    The IRS and Department of Justice were not used for political purposes. A lot of political PAC from both the left and right were investigated for fraud. (And clearly not enough of them)

    Obama is respected by our allies, unlike Bush/Cheney (and clowns like Trump and Cruz).

  13. Jpaul – you are in America. Your enemies may not be “our” enemies. Obama has handled the Israel issue VERY WELL. Hillary would be wise to do the same. If you don’t like it, you know where the airport is.

  14. There they go again. Haha and David have no logic and no facts so they avoid the real issues. There idea of foreign travel is crossing the Ben Franklin bridge and going to New Jersey. I plead guilty to being pro-Israel but not at any price.
    As Al Smith once said let’s look at the record-
    Years ago, When a young girl lay dying on the streets of Tehran- Obama said nothing!
    When a red line was crossed in Syria by Assad the Butcher- Obama showed what a coward he is!
    When Israeli children and families were attacked by Hamas thugs- Obama said little!
    When the IRS and Department of Justice were used for political purposes making even Nixons excesses look moderate- we didn’t hear from Haha and David!
    The threat to our Nation won’t come from the likes of Trump or Cruz. It comes from too many for too long accepting the excesses of this President. If you travelled the world you could not ignore the sad fact that Obama is respected by few and welcomed by our enemies.

  15. Hmmmm … I’m not convinced that you are not a TEA-guzzler. I am going to need proof …

    Seems you are a pro-Israel zealot like the mental patient sklaroff. You can’t deny that one …

  16. Jpaul –

    Have you been licking the Cruz juice off of rskaroff’s face?

    Obama is neither racist nor anti-semitic.

    What has Obama done that is “corrupt”?

    Is he bought and paid for by the oil companies like his predecessors?

    The world has a lot more respect for Obama than Bush/Cheney. Those two can’t travel internationally without worrying about being arrested as war criminals.

  17. Haha ha- you reflect your own ignorance and bias by your comments. I dislike the tea party and cherish the memory of leaders like Kennedy Johnson Humphrey and Jackson. However I won’t be cowed by a racist and anti Semite like Obama. He shames our Nation and his office. I suppose we can say he is regrettably an example that some African Americans can be as corrupt as Nixon and even more incompetent than Carter. It’s not important what we think- but the rest of the world has no respect for Obama- except for our enemies who welcome his pathetic leadership. As for your comment about white sheets- you might talk to Obama about his own racism!

  18. Jpaul – it sounds like you need another cup of TEA.

    Don’t get any on your white robe !!! TEA does stain.

  19. McGinty is a political stooge. By all means let’s ask Eakin to resign and let’s fire Fina but while we are at it lets ask that filth in the White House who has divided our country, engendered anti semitism and flaunted our constitution to resign as well. While tolerating Assad the butcher and shaming our country he does far more damage to her children’s future than Eakin. What hypocrisy by this political stooge. McGinty is a disgrace! From the likes of Eleanor Roosevelt to crap like McGinty.

  20. LOL … I love when people can’t even spell their insults correctly …
    “1-800-charlaten” …

    Whoever the D candidate is will smoke that bug-eyed TEA-midget: One-Term-Toomey … ha …. I just made myself laugh.

  21. Honestly, I find the biggest problem not that prosecutors and judges were trading porn, but that they were just freely sharing crap outside of court.

  22. McGinty is done as a candidate. Republicans and smart Dems have her number (and Rendell’s)…………dial: 1-800-charlaten Revolving door money.

  23. marshak – get ready for President Hillary Clinton and Senator McGinty. It’s coming !!

    I hope your head doesn’t explode.

  24. Of course, some other guy being accused of something has nothing to do with a RACIST being employed at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office by Seth Williams.

    McGinty is brave to step to a fellow Democrat.

  25. Fake Ha3 is not right. The real HaHaHa is right.

    Drukker (or whatever his name is) hasn’t been convicted of anything. There have been accusations made. But who knows what really happened? Employees make false claims against their superiors. That’s what trials are for. Maybe he did “grope” someone. I have no idea. Neither does Fake HaHaHa.

    If it is proven, I would hope he would be disciplined/demoted.

  26. H3, so which of those were sent from Eakins government account? gotcha Fina sounds like he probably violated some government account rules and should be punished. But what did eakin send from his government account?

  27. For once H3 is absolutely right!

    “So let’s see, McGinty ran for Governor stating her one qualification as being the youngest of 10 kids. She came in last. Now she’s tweeting her qualifications of being a woman and a mother of girls. And she’ll finish…last.”

    If this was about choosing the person who has actually accomplished something, Fetterman would be the landslide winner.

  28. SGT – Here’s a little sample:

    “New Office Motivation Policy Posters,” was the in the subject line of an email that Frank Fina sent from his government account.

    Attached were several images. “Take advantage of every opening,” read the caption of one photo, which showed a woman having anal sex with her “boss.”

    “Making your boss happy is your only job,” read the caption of another, showing a pants-less woman on her knees, performing oral sex on her “boss.”

    A 2011 email from Fina to his colleagues included … “Rainbows: Not as gay as you might think,” showing a woman in rainbow-striped underwear and stockings. Fina said that one was his favorite.

    How friggin’ bigoted is Fina? City Council has the answer for you. So does Senator Williams. The National Organization of Women does. And so does future Senator McGinty.

    Now you get it? Fina & The Corbett Pervs shouldn’t get “credit” for going to such lengths to keep their misdeeds a secret. Did you know that Fina is alleged to have used FOIA to get all his e-mails so that he could turn around and admit them in some grand jury so that they would be “protected?” Add “sneaky” to the other tens being used to describe Fina: corrupt, dishonest, perverted, racist … … …

  29. Oh – that’s easy SGY. It’s because Fina & The Corbett Pervs did a good job keeping “Hate-gate” quiet. most of the material is just coming into the light of day now.

    Let me know if you haven’t read the descriptions yet. I’d be happy to re-post.

  30. Too funny, Pat. It seems that the pathetic stalker-troll is coming unglued again. PoliticsPA is deleting his comments almost as fast as he can type them and he’s still pounding away at his keyboard. LOL

  31. Why didn’t she do anything when she was chief of staff? Its easy to call for accountability when your out of office.

  32. DD, you know I didn’t post those comments about gender, because I am very pleased with Kane’s record of promoting Duecker to Groper in Chief. The guy literally put his hands on women who work in the office, and got promoted. Fina and the Corbett Pervs can only send emails. How pathetic.

  33. DD – all the posts re: Mcginty are from the same pathetic troll … or from Frank Fina’s shills …

  34. Very few posts about the merits of Eakin and Fina and friends being fired. A lot of attacks on McGinty, particularly gender related.

    It’s like these posters want to be on Fina’s email chain for more of his brand of humor.

  35. I believe @PatUnger has referred to the people behind the Kane smear campaign as the “Clown Car.”

    Based on what I have been reading lately about Fina, Costanzo, Castill, and Eakin, it does appear that they are quite the CLOWN CAR.

    For instance – why would Fina and Costanzo use their work computers on racist material? They have prosecuted people for mis-use of their state computers. And why would prosecutors who regularly search peoples’ hard drives EVER ALLOW depraved porn to make it onto their hard-drives?

    As a father of two daughters, I find is appalling that these men thought it was funny to send around “motivational posters” suggesting that female employees need to perform oral sex on their bosses to advance their careers. These are not the type of people we want as prosecutors.

    And did Eakin really think he was going to get away with having one of his buddies “clear” him in this? It’s just stupid – regardless of how tight you are with Ron Castille.

    These guys who haven’t been fired (yet) must have something on Seth Williams – or they would be gone by now.

  36. McGinty=$$$–from government, then industry, then government, then….
    what a record………

  37. I will vote for McGinty solely because she is a woman. I did the same with Kathleen Kane, and look how well that turned out.

  38. Yes, for some reason, Tom Wolf gave me control of the Governor’s Office but that was HARD, guys! So, always wanting something more, I decided to run for Senate! I know, right?! Pretty cool. Did I mention I was one of ten kids? Anyway, no, I have no substantive comments to make whatsoever, but this porn email thingy seems trendy. So, bad Eakin! Bad, bad, bad! But I stand by Kathleen Kane’s decision to promote a guy who was actually groping women who worked in the AG’s Office. That’s totes okay by me.

  39. Last three troll comments were from same person. He’s a pathetic troll.

    Kudos to McGinty for stepping up to the plate. She joins a growing list of leaders calling for these creeps to be dismissed from their government jobs.

    And what is taking everyone else so long. As it stands, we have a racist, woman-hating creep masquerading as a Philadelphia ADA. His name is Frank Fina and he e-mailed this (amongst other things) to his white male buddies:

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/zadock1/3580634808

    How friggin’ racist is he?

  40. So Katie, what do you think of the Iran deal?

    <>

    Way to take a stand on something!

    Funny how Mike Mikus won’t let her speak to press directly and must communicate with the world like a 13 year old through twitter.

  41. She had a chance to do something about it when she was running all of state government. Instead, she tip-toed around Kathleen Kane’s treasure chest of porn.

  42. Anything to get a headline–that’s revolving door McGinty. So, what’s she really stand for?

  43. So let’s see, McGinty ran for Governor stating her one qualification as being the youngest of 10 kids. She came in last. Now she’s tweeting her qualifications of being a woman and a mother of girls. And she’ll finish…last.

  44. Let me guess … there hasn’t even been any “sensitivity training.”

    Seth Williams dodging questions + Quote below from City’s Deputy Mayor = No training

    “How many hours of training did they get? Who hosted it? What did it cost? Was there a bidding process?” Ahmad said.

    Deputy Mayor Everett Gillison said the city’s Human Resources Department had not provided sensitivity training for the prosecutors. “I’m surprised he hasn’t answered the question,” Gillison said of Williams.

    Wow! Just … Wow !!

  45. Nick – Your Headline only tells half the story.

    McGinty is also calling for DA Williams to fire the Corbett Pervs still collecting a salary from the citizens of Philadelphia.

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