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PITTSBURGH (AP) - The attorney for state Sen. Jane Orie wants a special prosecutor to investigate alleged leaks from an Allegheny County grand jury.
William Costopoulos filed the motion Friday, suggesting that information about Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin must have been leaked by the prosecution in the Jane Orie case.
The 50-year-old lawmaker and her sister, Janine, are charged with misusing political staff to do campaign work. The senator also faces new charges that she perjured herself and used forged documents in a trail last year. Joan Orie Melvin has not been charged.
Judge Jeffrey A. Manning referred the request for a special prosecutor to Judge Joseph M. James, who is supervising the grand jury.
The Allegheny County District Attorney's office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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