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Wolf: Pa. complying with McGinty email order; Toomey says hurry up

HARRISBURG - The Wolf administration said Monday that it was "in the process" of complying with a court order to release Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Katie McGinty's emails from when she was Wolf's chief of staff.

HARRISBURG - The Wolf administration said Monday that it was "in the process" of complying with a court order to release Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Katie McGinty's emails from when she was Wolf's chief of staff.

But her Republican rival, U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, accused the administration of "stonewalling," saying the emails should be released immediately, although last week's Commonwealth Court order granted Wolf 30 days to do so.

"Katie McGinty likes to say she's on the side of transparency," Toomey said in a conference call with reporters shortly before he was to debate McGinty. "Well, she sure isn't here. And if she is, then she can easily prove it by demanding that the Wolf administration comply with the law immediately."

Wolf spokesman Jeff Sheridan said the administration is "in the process of preparing emails for release."

"We have responded to more than 40 Right-to-Know Law requests that are related to or involved former chief of staff Katie McGinty during and since her tenure, and we have produced over 4,500 pages of records in response to these requests," said Sheridan. "The governor has always demonstrated his commitment to full transparency."

The email case stems from a request made more than a year ago by the state Republican Party for McGinty's emails and work schedules. McGinty was Wolf's chief of staff until last summer, when she resigned in preparation for a run against Toomey.

State Republicans have said Wolf released only a handful of what is estimated to be hundreds of emails that fit the request. The Office of Open Records later ruled that the administration was justified to withhold some of the messages, as allowed to under the Right-to-Know Law, but should have disclosed others.

The case was appealed to Commonwealth Court, which affirmed the decision of the Office of Open Records.

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