Watch a Sad Chris Matthews Report on His ‘Rising Star’ Liberal PA AG Being Convicted, Resign

Curtis Houck | August 17, 2016
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MSNBC’s Hardball host Chris Matthews had always been a big admirer of now-former Democratic Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, so he was naturally beside himself on Tuesday night as he gave a news brief on Kane being found guilty of nine criminal charges stemming from a series of leaks to a grand jury concerning a legal and political rival. 

After major broadcast networks CBS and NBC had ignored the story and hours before ABC buried it on ABC’s Nightline, Matthews devoted just under 30 seconds to fretting “[w]hat a downfall” for the “rising star” Kane who was adored by former President Bill Clinton as he played a key role in fundraising and cutting ads for the 2012 Attorney General race. 

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