Thursday, January 21, 2010
Beshear Testifies
KENTUCKY....
As the bid-rigging trial continued Thursday for Leonard Lawson and Bill Nighbert, Governor Steve Beshear took the witness stand for about 90 minutes. The Governor testified concerning a February 2008 phone call he made to Lawson to assure him the new Beshear administration would be fair to his companies. Beshear testified that, during his conversation with Lawson, the contractor mentioned cabinet engineer Jim Rummage and asked him to look out for Rummage. Beshear testified that Lawson brought up Rummage, saying “something to the effect that Jim Rummage is a good guy and I think he's being mistreated.” However, Beshear said Lawson never went into detail about that alleged mistreatment nor did he ever mention an investigation that was under way by Transportation Cabinet officials.
As the bid-rigging trial continued Thursday for Leonard Lawson and Bill Nighbert, Governor Steve Beshear took the witness stand for about 90 minutes. The Governor testified concerning a February 2008 phone call he made to Lawson to assure him the new Beshear administration would be fair to his companies. Beshear testified that, during his conversation with Lawson, the contractor mentioned cabinet engineer Jim Rummage and asked him to look out for Rummage. Beshear testified that Lawson brought up Rummage, saying “something to the effect that Jim Rummage is a good guy and I think he's being mistreated.” However, Beshear said Lawson never went into detail about that alleged mistreatment nor did he ever mention an investigation that was under way by Transportation Cabinet officials.
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