Stumbo: State, feds should investigate Bevin

FRANKFORT, Ky. — House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Tuesday that there should be federal and state investigations into allegations that Gov. Matt Bevin’s killed a Jessamine County road project to punish a Democratic legislator who refused to switch parties.

And, Stumbo said, if it’s determined that Bevin did that, costing taxpayers $625,000, the House would consider bringing articles of impeachment against him.

Stumbo’s statement comes the same day the Courier-Journal and CNHI News posted stories about a voicemail Bevin left on the phone of state Rep. Russ Meyer that appeared to threaten retribution against Meyer and his district after he refused to become a Republican.

“There is a body of evidence that suggests that the governor has openly threatened members of the General Assembly, there is corroborating evidence in the form of that voicemail, there is a disturbing allegation that perhaps over $600,000 was spent in taxpayers' money to retaliate, carry forward with his threat of retaliation,” Stumbo said during an impromptu news conference.

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