Feb. 24 FRANKFORT The Kentucky House Impeachment Committee Tuesday recommended against impeaching Gov. Andy Beshear and Attorney General Daniel Cameron, ending a drawn-out process that has lasted since early January. "The committee has found that none of the allegations made against the governor or the attorney general rise to the level of impeachable offenses," said Rep. Jason Nemes, the .
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The decision caps off nearly two months of closed-door meetings of the Kentucky House Impeachment Committee.
Rep. Jason Nemes, a Republican from Louisville and chair of the committee, announced they voted to dismiss the petitions late Tuesday night.
“The committee has found that none of the allegations made against the governor nor the attorney general rise to the level of impeachable offenses,” Nemes said.
Citizen impeachment petitions are normally reviewed by already-existing committees and dismissed with little attention.
But the House took the unusual step of forming the impeachment committee last month after four citizens filed a petition to impeach Beshear, arguing he should be removed for imposing restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic.