.MaddowBlog: FBI reportedly interested in fmr. Gov. Bevin’s scandalous pardons in Kentucky.
After narrowly losing his re-election bid last month, Kentucky’s then-governor, Republican Matt Bevin, turned his attention to criminal-justice issues, issuing hundreds of controversial pardons and commutations, benefiting a wide range of convicted criminals, including murderers and a man convicted of raping a child.
But prosecutors weren’t the only ones alarmed by the former governor’s intervention in so many cases. It appears the FBI has also decided to take a closer look at Bevin’s actions. The Courier Journal in Louisville reported this week: State Rep. Chris Harris, D-Forest Hills, told reporters that a criminal investigator contacted him last week and asked what he knew about Bevin’s pardons…. Two sources with knowledge of the inquiry told The Courier Journal on Monday that an FBI agent had spoken with Harris.
As for which case – or cases – might be of interest to the FBI, it’s difficult to say without more information, though one pardon stood out as an example of possible corruption. NBC News reported:
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