Panel recommends no further action in impeachment petitions

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky legislative panel recommended Tuesday night that no further action be taken on impeachment petitions filed by citizens against the governor and the attorney general.

The bipartisan committee's decisions came after a long meeting behind closed doors.

Republican Rep. Jason Nemes, the committee chairman, said ...

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Impeachment petition against Kentucky lawmaker is dismissed

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - A petition seeking a Kentucky lawmaker's removal from office was dismissed Thursday night after a House panel was told that impeachment doesn't apply to legislators under the state's constitution.

The bipartisan panel dismissed the impeachment petition against Republican Rep. Robert Goforth following the testimony of two ...

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Impeachment fever hits Kentucky with efforts to oust leaders

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Impeachment fever has struck Kentucky, where grievances over coronavirus restrictions and the outcome of the Breonna Taylor death investigation have spurred petitions to oust both the governor and the attorney general.

It's a card rarely played in any serious way in the Bluegrass State, though Kentucky ...

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Kentucky AG urges dismissal of impeachment petition

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky’s attorney general is urging state lawmakers to dismiss an impeachment petition against him, fighting back against allegations by three grand jurors from the Breonna Taylor death investigation who joined in seeking his ouster from office.

The petition, signed by a handful of Kentuckians, alleges Attorney ...

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McConnell ad portrays McGrath as too liberal for Kentucky

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Looking to cement an image of his well-funded Democratic challenger in the minds of voters, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell unleashed a TV ad portraying Amy McGrath as too liberal for Kentucky on abortion and border security and playing up her support for the impeachment of ...

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McGrath says she would have voted to convict Trump in Senate

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Democrat Amy McGrath said Wednesday she would have voted to convict President Donald Trump on both impeachment counts, saying the evidence was overwhelming as she condemned the president's acquittal in the Senate.

McGrath is among a bevy of Democrats vying to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch ...

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