Ex-agent sues Kane over sting case

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20150421_Ex-agent_sues_Kane_over_sting_case.html

A former Pennsylvania undercover agent has sued Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane for defamation, saying she made false statements about his role in a "sting" operation that caught Philadelphia elected officials on tape pocketing money.Claude Thomas, who posed as the driver for the lobbyist turned operative in the sting, said Kane falsely told the public that he had said the operation had a racial agenda, targeting blacks and exempting whites.Thomas notes in the suit that he is African American. He said Kane's suggestion that he had taken part in a plan to go after blacks had damaged his reputation by portraying him as unethical, incompetent, and a "greedy sellout."He said it was part of a plot by Kane to "insidiously play the race card." Her goal, the lawsuit says, was to shift public focus from her "having killed this public corruption sting operation even though her political allies had been caught virtually red-handed by Thomas."

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