Impeachment Petition Filed Against Rep. Robert Goforth Over Alleged Strangling By Bryce Shreve Kentucky
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FRANKFORT, Ky. Members of Kentucky s House of Representatives have filed a formal impeachment petition against Rep. Robert Goforth (R-East Bernstadt) based on his alleged assault and strangulation of his wife last April.
10 complainants signed the petition to impeach Goforth, alleging he committed criminal activity, abuse of office, and financial misconduct.
Here’s the impeachment petition against Rep. Robert Goforth. pic.twitter.com/iuo4X5M7KH Joe Ragusa (@JoeRagusa) January 13, 2021
Goforth was arrested in April and accused of strangling his wife to such an extent that she sought protection from law enforcement as the petition reads. Goforth has since plead not guilty, and the case on criminal charges is still pending in Laurel County.
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Kentucky House Speaker David Osbourne (R-Prospect) this week said the House of Representatives will send a citizen’s petition calling for the impeachment of Rep. Robert Goforth (R-East Bernstadt) to the same impeachment committee investigating a petition to impeach Gov. Andy Beshear, according to the Lexington Herald Leader. The committee was formed because state law requires the Speaker of the House to form an impeachment committee once petitions are filed by members of the public. Rep. Goforth challenged and lost to sitting Republican then-Governor Matt Bevin in the 2019 gubernatorial primary. Rep. Goforth was indicted in September on charges of assault and strangulation. He easily won re-election in November with nearly 71 percent of the vote. The newspaper reports that Wednesday’s petition against Rep. Goforth is a political repercussion of Speaker Osbourne’s formation of an impeachment committe
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