A former federal prosecutor who led sweeping corruption investigations in Allentown and Reading said Wednesday that he is running for Pennsylvania attorney general, becoming the second Democrat to seek the office that will become vacant after next year...
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A former federal prosecutor who led sweeping corruption investigations in Allentown and Reading said Wednesday that he is running for Pennsylvania attorney general, becoming the secondJoe Khan, 47, recently left his job as the solicitor for Bucks County before announcing that he is seeking the state’s top law enforcement office.
He also sued social media companies, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis, and helped consolidate support among the county’s municipalities for a plan to distribute money from the state’s settlement with opioid makers and distributors. Before that, Khan was prosecutor for the federal government for a decade and the city of Philadelphia for six years.
Khan, of Doylestown, got his law degree from the University of Chicago. The Philadelphia native has a brother serving in the state House of Representatives and started a political action committee dedicated to helping candidates who - like him - are the children of immigrants. Khan’s father, an engineer, immigrated from Pakistan.
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