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Clarification: KY Gov. Didn’t Get Away So Easily

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Yesterday, in the rush of events, we linked to an AP piece reporting that charges against Gov. Ernie Fletcher had been “dismissed.”

What was missing there was that the charges were dismissed because Fletcher pled guilty. As part of a deal struck with the state’s attorney general, Fletcher admitted wrongdoing (although not “criminal wrongdoing”), several of his appointees will be forced to resign, and all charges were dropped.

The New York Times has a good rundown of the agreement.

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