…that is a statewide elected office. There was another person who ran for Attorney General by the name of Russell Coleman. When the general election occurred, Daniel Cameron lost the governorship. Russell Coleman became the new Attorney General. And one…

…ran for Attorney General by the name of Russell Coleman. When the general election occurred, Daniel Cameron lost the governorship. Russell Coleman became the new Attorney General. And one of the things that illustrates the dynamic around this issue within the…

…that opposition consisted of Democrat Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and what came to be the newly elected Republican Attorney General Russell Coleman. Our last piece of due diligence from the commission's perspective before we took a vote was to recall Dr.…

…General, at all times, whether this project was going to go forward was going to be dependent on the newly elected guy, Russell Coleman. Well, on December the 8th, I received a letter from him on his transition team's letterhead asking that I not take…

…later, on December the 15th, I was summoned to a meeting that I can only describe as an ambush that was orchestrated by Russell Coleman and members of his transition team, in which he flatly stated, His total objection to the way in which I had been an…

…had been terminated by virtue of the demand for my resignation. I came to learn shortly thereafter that, contrary to public assertions by Russell Coleman, that he was open to this project in the fall of 23, that in fact, he had been engaged in a very…

…I was among the last to find out in that December 15th meeting. I'll make a couple of other observations about Russell Coleman. This is a guy... who came into the power structure within Kentucky through the Mitch McConnell system of matriculation. This guy…

…of a lack of support within the commission. That was there, and that vote was going to be successful. And I had told Russell Coleman before he took office that that vote was going to be successful. It happened because you had a political actor with a…

…in that there are opioid interests coloring this debate. This is not a debate purely about efficacy, but Not knowing too much about Russell Coleman, I am aware that he sued Kroger for their involvement in the opioid crisis. It does seem as if he has an…

…Attorney General. And I believe Kentucky settled with Walmart for $52 million sometime in May of 23. And at that point, Russell Coleman was the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for the office of attorney general because he faced no opposition in…