Arrest Warrant for Ex-Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Is Voided
The New York Times • • nation
Key Points:
- A Kentucky appeals court voided an arrest warrant for former Governor Matt Bevin, ruling it invalid due to a pending request to remove the family court judge for bias, which should have paused the case.
- The warrant was issued after Judge Angela J. Johnson found Bevin in contempt for failing to fully disclose financial documents related to a child support case involving his estranged son, Jonah Bevin.
- Jonah, adopted from Ethiopia by Bevin and his ex-wife Glenna, has sued for child support, alleging mistreatment and citing troubled experiences in youth facilities and a Jamaican school.
- The appeals court’s decision pauses the contempt and document disclosure issues while the chief justice considers the judge’s removal; lawyers for Jonah say this is only a temporary reprieve.
- Bevin’s lawyer praised the appeals court ruling as a check on judicial overreach, emphasizing that no judge is above the law.
