Kane, who has been convicted and sentenced to jail for perjury and other charges, discovered the emails during an unrelated inquiry. She claimed the discovery illustrated the broad reach of a sinister misogynistic power structure in the state and hired Gansler, of the BuckleySandler firm in Washington, to do an exhaustive review. Though it provided some new insights, the report he produced also laid bare a divide between Gansler's findings and Beemer's review of them.