Pat Toomey’s top Democratic challenger could get indicted

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Kathleen Kane was supposed to be the woman who took out freshman Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., possibly tipping the balance of power in the upper chamber to the Democrats after the 2016 election.

Today, state Attorney General Kane faces possible indictment, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The case is winding and complex, but it presents an irony that a woman who rose in political popularity by throwing charges of political tampering with investigation could be taken down by the same charges.

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