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Gov. Beshear turns over White House 'privileged' emails on Chad Meredith judge nomination
Courier Journal via Yahoo NewsLOUISVILLE, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear's office reversed course Tuesday and turned over a June 23 White House email that confirms President Joe Biden intended to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime appointment as a federal district judge in Kentucky.
The governor's office also turned over a follow-up email from a White House official sent June 29 — five hours before The Courier Journal first broke the story on the pending nomination of attorney Chad Meredith — clarifying that the original email was "pre-decisional and privileged information."
White House aide Kathleen M. Marshall, a former lieutenant governor in Nevada who joined the White House in August as senior adviser to governors in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, sent the June 23 email that stated: "To be nominated tomorrow: … Stephen Chad Meredith: candidate for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky."
The email, with a subject line of "Close hold," was sent to Coulter Minix, a Beshear staffer in the governor's D.C. office, who immediately replied: "Thanks, Kate. I'll share the info and appreciate the heads up."
The term "close hold" is sometimes used for information that is not meant for wide distribution.
But that next day, June 24, brought the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the federal constitutional right to abortion.
The same day, the White House told U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville, it intended to nominate Meredith — over his strident objections — but the nomination was not put forward.
The governor's office also turned over a follow-up email from a White House official sent June 29 — five hours before The Courier Journal first broke the story on the pending nomination of attorney Chad Meredith — clarifying that the original email was "pre-decisional and privileged information."
White House aide Kathleen M. Marshall, a former lieutenant governor in Nevada who joined the White House in August as senior adviser to governors in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, sent the June 23 email that stated: "To be nominated tomorrow: … Stephen Chad Meredith: candidate for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky."
The email, with a subject line of "Close hold," was sent to Coulter Minix, a Beshear staffer in the governor's D.C. office, who immediately replied: "Thanks, Kate. I'll share the info and appreciate the heads up."
The term "close hold" is sometimes used for information that is not meant for wide distribution.
But that next day, June 24, brought the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and end the federal constitutional right to abortion.
The same day, the White House told U.S. Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Louisville, it intended to nominate Meredith — over his strident objections — but the nomination was not put forward.
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