The petition against Beshear was filed Jan. The committee previously dismissed the Goforth petition after determining state legislators were not subject to impeachment under Kentucky law, while also dismissing four other petitions to impeach Beshear due to procedural deficiencies. The impeachment committee voted unanimously two weeks ago to recommend no action be taken by the House on the petitions to remove Beshear and Cameron, with its reports stating no impeachable offenses were committed. "No private citizen should be fined thousands of dollars for asking that their elected General Assembly, the voice of the people, review serious allegations against a serving member," Whites said in an emailed statement. Two Beshear petitioners told The Courier Journal last week they intended to object to the charges, and Anna Whites, the attorney for the Cameron and Goforth petitioners, said Friday evening they will also object. Nemes indicated the work of the impeachment committee is not necessarily over, as the unsuccessful petitioners can still object to the bill of costs. The letters with an itemized breakdown of each petitioner's costs were not posted on the committee's website as of Friday evening, but Nemes told reporters they were billed for the time of the legal counsel hired by the committee, attorneys working on behalf of the accused, attorneys who testified to the committee and the legislative staff and Kentucky State Police officers who worked at the meetings.
The petitioners seeking to impeach Beshear racked up the largest bill of $42,444, with the Cameron petitioners charged $7,597 and Goforth petitioners charged $12,457. Jason Nemes, R-Louisville, cited state law requiring any unsuccessful petitioner to bear the costs of impeachment proceedings, saying this would include attorney's fees of the petition targets and the committee.īackground: Impeachment committee created for Beshear petition counters recent House tradition In the first meeting of the committee in January, chairman Rep. Robert Goforth from office - which included both attorney fees and the costs of staff and police at the committee meetings. Andy Beshear, Attorney General Daniel Cameron and Rep. The House impeachment committee approved letters outlining the bill of costs to be sent to the petitioners seeking the removal of Gov. FRANKFORT - The petitioners who failed in their efforts to impeach the governor, attorney general and a state legislator from office were collectively charged with more than $62,000 in costs from the proceedings Friday evening.
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