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The impeachment petition filed against Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear continues to drag through the legislative process while petitions against Republican officials haven’t been heard yet.
After meeting for two and a half hours behind closed doors, the Kentucky House of Representatives Impeachment Committee emerged to say that one of the four citizens who filed the petition against Beshear earlier this month wanted to be removed from it.
Rep. Jason Nemes, a Repubilcan from Louisville and the committee’s chair, said the committee took no action except deciding to send Beshear a letter “seeking a little bit of additional information.”
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The Kentucky legislative committee reviewing impeachment petitions against Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican State Rep. Robert Goforth will meet this afternoon.
The committee will also eventually review a petition filed by grand jurors from the Breonna Taylor case against Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Though, since the legislature is in the middle of a three-week break, the petition against Cameron won’t be officially filed until lawmakers return on Feb. 2.
Citizen impeachment petitions usually aren’t publicized and, in the past, the state House of Representatives has dismissed them after a quick review by the House Judiciary Committee.
Petitioners want Kentucky lawmaker removed as chairman of impeachment committee Share Updated: 4:08 PM EST Jan 26, 2021 WLKY Digital Team Share Updated: 4:08 PM EST Jan 26, 2021
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Show Transcript POLICY, WE CANNOT RE-AIR THAT EPISODE. VICKI: RICK: NEW TONIGHT GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR HAS UNTIL JANUARY 22 TO FORMALLY RESPOND TO A PETITION CALLING FOR HIS IMPEACHMENT. THE IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE MET TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME. FOUR KENTUCKIANS SUBMITTED THE PETITION. STATE LAW REQUIRES IT TO BE REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE. THE PETITIONERS WILL HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 26 TO REPLY TO BESHEAR’S RESPONSE. TONIGHT, MEMBERS VOTED ON RULES, ADOPTED DEADLINES FOR RESPONSES, AND SET THEIR NEXT MEETING FOR JANUARY 27. WE HAVE A DUTY AND WE WILL CERTAINLY I DEAR ADHERE TO THIS DUTY. WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. WE ALL WILL BE PLEASED WITH A FAIR PROCEDURE. WE ARE TAKING THIS ROLE SERIOUSLY. WE ARE A PART OF KENTUCKY HISTORY AS IT IS BEING MADE.
January 25, 2021 02:07:41 pm
A group of “concerned Kentucky citizens,” including three grand jurors from Breonna Taylor’s case, announced a petition to impeach special prosecutor and state Attorney General Daniel Cameron on Friday. Jurors accuse Cameron of “abuse of office and breach of duties of professional responsibility and ethics” and “misrepresenting to the nation the findings of the grand jury.”
In a September press conference, Cameron told the public that “the grand jury had every piece of detail needed to make their assessment and their judgments” on the charges for former Louisville police officer Brett Hankinson. Shortly after, an anonymous juror filed a motion asking Cameron to release a transcript of the grand jury proceedings, claiming he had misrepresented his handling of the case. Cameron later clarified that he had only presented the grand jury with information about the wanton endangerment charges that Hankinson received, a choice that received c
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