Kentucky's new Republican attorney general has asked the FBI to investigate a flurry of pardons by former Gov. Bevin.
Bevin, a Republican, issued hundreds of pardons between his electoral defeat on Nov. 5 and his final day in office on Dec. 9. His pardons included clemency for convicted killer Patrick Baker, whose family held a fundraiser for Bevin in 2018, and a convicted sex offender whose mother was married to a millionaire road contractor.
On Monday, Coleman said his office would review any pardon-related issues brought to them by state prosecutors or other law enforcement partners. Coleman was likely referring to the pardon of Micah Schoettle, who was in the second year of a 23-year prison sentence when Bevin pardoned him of rape, sodomy and other sexual crimes. The pardon also removed him from the state's sex offender registry.
Cameron, who took office on Dec. 17, was responding to requests by two state lawmakers, Sen. Morgan McGarvey and Rep. Chris Harris, who were particularly concerned about the Baker case.
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