Reporter on stand in Pennsylvania attorney general leak case
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A news reporter testifying at Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's perjury trial has declined to name the person who gave him secret documents at the heart of the case.
Then-Philadelphia Daily News political editor Chris Brennan on Friday invoked a state shield law that protects journalists from disclosing their sources.
Brennan acknowledges getting documents that showed an NAACP official had been investigated by Kane's predecessor but never charged.
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Prosecutors say Kane leaked the documents through aides to embarrass a rival prosecutor and then lied about it under oath.
Her former campaign consultant says he conspired with Kane to leak the documents in 2014 and come up with a cover story afterward. Consultant Josh Morrow has been granted immunity for that testimony Thursday.
Brennan now works for The Philadelphia Inquirer.