LOUISVILLE, Ky. (KT) – A state Court of Appeals judge on Friday ordered a Jefferson Family Court judge to recall an arrest warrant issued for former Gov. Matt Bevin, ruling the judge did not have the authority to issue the warrant.
Bevin’s warrant was issued Tuesday after Judge Angela Johnson held him in contempt of court for repeatedly failing to provide court-ordered personal financial information in an ongoing support case involving his estranged, adopted son.
Bevin was sentenced to 60 days in the Jefferson County jail unless he pays a $500 bond and provides the required information to the court.
Before the sentence was imposed, Bevin’s attorney filed a motion asking Johnson to recuse herself from the case, citing a pending motion filed the day before with the Kentucky Supreme Court seeking her removal. The motion argued she lacked jurisdiction to issue a sentencing…