Posted on 07/07/2006 10:32:26 AM PDT by SmithL
Frankfort, Ky. -- A judge disqualified Kentucky's attorney general Friday from any involvement in prosecuting Gov. Ernie Fletcher in a state hiring scandal.
Special Judge David Melcher ruled that Attorney General Greg Stumbo's office still has jurisdiction so its prosecutors can remain on the case, but without Stumbo.
"The attorney general himself shall play no role in the prosecution of the defendant, and is hereby disqualified from prosecuting or participating in the prosecution of this case," Melcher said in the order.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Joseph Lambert appointed Melcher, a family court judge, to hear the case.
Fletcher, Kentucky's first Republican governor in three decades, was indicted in May on charges alleging his administration rewarded political supporters with protected state jobs. He has accused the Democratic attorney general of conducting a politically motivated investigation in the case.
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Doesn't make much of a practical difference. Stumbo's office (read henchmen) are still going to be prosecuting.
It sure makes a big difference to Stumbo. Now he doesn't get to preen and strut in front of a jury and hold daily press conferences promoting himself. And he has to answer why he was pursuing the case himself in the first place now that he has been removed.
This Stumbo sure comes across as a Ronnie Earle wannabe.
Now if only we can get this a$$hole Stumbo indicted for clear abuse of office.
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