Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who allegedly had sexual relationship with, received nude photos from defendant in exchange for legal favors

Kentucky court suspends prosecutor who allegedly had sexual relationship with, received nude photos from defendant in exchange for legal favors



The supreme court of the commonwealth of Kentucky has temporarily suspended a prosecutor after it was discovered that he had repeatedly requested nude photos from a defendant in exchange for prosecutorial favors.

On Friday, the commonwealth supreme court issued its suspension of Ronnie Goldy, who has been the commonwealth's attorney for Rowan, Bath, Menifee, and Montgomery Counties since 2013. According to investigations, Goldy has been caught requesting — and receiving — nude photos of incarcerated defendant Misty Helton of Salt Lick. The Courier Journal reported that since their meeting in 2015 or 2016, Goldy and Helton have exchanged 230 pages of messages on Facebook Messenger. During their conversations, Goldy repeatedly promised to do legal favors for Helton in return for the photos.

For example, after Helton sent him a series of nude photos of herself in May 2018, Goldy replied, "Wow Nice I do have most of those I think But they are very nice I’m sure you have some even better." Then later that summer, Goldy told Helton that she "owed" him a video and that "It better be worth the wait."

Through the years, Goldy had warrants against Helton withdrawn and court cases continued on her behalf.

At a hearing on September 8, Helton also claimed that she had had a sexual relationship with Goldy and that she "believed [Goldy] always felt like she was in debt to him with sexual favors."

"Being in debt to the commonwealth’s attorney is like a life sentence for somebody in the justice system," she said at the hearing.

Goldy testified that he did not remember sending the messages, but he did not deny doing so either.

An Inquiry Commission, appointed by the Kentucky Supreme Court, likewise determined that Goldy "showed a complete disregard" for the rules against communicating with defendants without counsel present. It also found that Goldy likely "abused his power by using his official position as Commonwealth Attorney to provide Ms. Helton with assistance in criminal matters for her benefit while he expected and requested actions of a sexual nature from her for his benefit."

Despite the overwhelming evidence of Goldy's unethical conduct, the court admitted in its ruling that it cannot remove Goldy from office. According to Kentucky law, only impeachment by the General Assembly can remove him. However, Goldy still faces permanent disbarment, he must inform all of his clients that he can no longer represent them, and he must cease and desist all advertisements and public promotions.

It is unclear what kind of criminal charges Helton has faced and/or is currently facing.


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Leftists already want Amy Coney Barrett impeached from SCOTUS if she doesn't do what they demand



Amy Coney Barrett has officially been an associate justice on the Supreme Court for barely 24 hours, but liberals have already concocted scenarios demanding that she be impeached and removed from the high court.

Despite the fact that Barrett has not yet heard a single case, liberals want Barrett to recuse herself from a critical case with major election implications, or else be removed from the court.

"If Amy Barrett doesn't recuse herself on the Pennsylvania voter suppression case going to the Supreme Court she should be impeached," radio host Chip Franklin said Tuesday.

If Amy Barrett doesn’t recuse herself on the Pennsylvania voter suppression case going to the Supreme Court she sho… https://t.co/bopWkj3QPV
— Chip Franklin (@Chip Franklin)1603811287.0

Franklin is referring to a case in which Pennsylvania Republicans have asked the Supreme Court to determine whether mail-in ballots received after Election Day should be counted.

As TheBlaze reported, the Supreme Court failed to make a determinative ruling last week — due, in part, to the court vacancy — which allowed a ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which has a Democratic majority, to stand. The court had ruled that ballots received up to three days after Election Day should be counted, regardless of whether or not a ballot's postmark is legible or even present.

Meanwhile, lawyers representing the bureau of elections for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, filed a motion with the Supreme Court on Tuesday requesting that Barrett recuse herself from the case.

"This recusal is compelled since Justice Barrett's 'impartiality might reasonably be questioned' ... given the circumstances of her nomination and confirmation," the attorneys said. The request was later rescinded because it had been filed without first consulting county leaders.

Others accused Barrett of engaging in a quid pro quo.

Norman Ornstein, a scholar who works at the American Enterprise Institute, claimed Trump appointed Barrett to "sway the election," and Barrett's participation in such a plot would warrant her impeachment.

"I repeat: If Barrett, acceding to a partisan swearing in at the White House, knowing that Trump explicitly said he nominated her to sway the election, does not recuse, it is an overt quid pro quo. The House should impeach her to leave an irrevocable stain on a dishonorable justice," Ornstein wrote on Twitter.

If Amy Coney Barrett goes on the Court and immediately votes for PA voter suppression, she should quickly be impeac… https://t.co/MdX2xWBXk9
— Norman Ornstein (@Norman Ornstein)1603564635.0
@eliehonig @Mimirocah1 I repeat:If Barrett, acceding to a partisan swearing in at the White House, knowing that Tru… https://t.co/eY5pUsBL59
— Norman Ornstein (@Norman Ornstein)1603763738.0

Similarly, PBS host Alexander Heffner propagated the conspiracy theory that Barrett will interfere with the election, claiming that Barrett "refusing to recuse herself" from the Pennsylvania mail-in ballot case — which implies that Barrett has an obligation to recuse herself, which she most certainly does not — "would clearly amount to a quid pro quo for Trump's re-election."

"By voting against the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and interfering in state's electoral practices, Barrett's rank duplicity will be unmistakable," Heffner claimed.

"This is when Democrats need to pounce on her ethically and legally dubious approach — to serve the interests of the Republican Party rather than uphold the law — and make the argument they were right about not seating her. Any public support for the nominee-turned-justice will crumble. And while there will not be a 2-3 majority to convict in the Senate, [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and House Democrats can swiftly impeach her," he continued.

Heffner, however, provided zero evidence to back his claim that Barrett will "serve the interests of the Republican Party rather than uphold the law."

In fact, Barrett made clear at her Senate confirmation hearings that the Constitution and law, not political ideology, is exactly what she is interested in serving.

Barrett will begin hearing oral arguments next week.

Political opponents accuse Trump of felony after viral tweet falsely claims he admitted to quid pro quo



President Donald Trump was accused of admitting to a "quid pro quo" on Monday after a viral tweet grossly misrepresented remarks that Trump made during a campaign stop.

As it turned out, Trump made no such admission.

What happened?

During a campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona, on Monday, Trump illustrated a quid pro quo while explaining why he doesn't make fundraising calls to CEOs of major companies.

But if you saw a tweet by Vox journalist Aaron Rupar — which millions of Americans saw, in fact — you may think that Trump was admitting to an actual quid pro quo. That's because Rupar pulled Trump's words out of context to make it appear that Trump admitted to engaging in a quid pro quo with Exxon CEO Darren Woods.

Cementing his tweet with the hashtag "#QuidProQuo" — making very clear the allegation he was levying against Trump — Rupar quoted Trump as saying:

I call the head of Exxon. I'll use a company. "How, how are you doing, how's energy coming? When are doing the exploration? Oh, you need a couple of permits, huh?" But I call the head of Exxon, I say, "You know, I'd love you to send me $25m for the campaign."

The complete misrepresentation of Trump's words ignited a firestorm on social media, resulting in the president's detractors to literally accusing him of a felony.

"The conduct described by @realDonaldTrump is a felony and punishable with prison time," Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Hawaii) said.

The conduct described by @realDonaldTrump is a felony and punishable with prison time.#QuidProQuo https://t.co/Qz2KG31JPH
— Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu)1603144502.0

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joined in the pillaging. "So @exxonmobil & friends, care to tell us the end of this story? Did you coordinate the $25 million?" she said.

So @exxonmobil & friends, care to tell us the end of this story?Did you coordinate the $25 million? https://t.co/0YI5VhWYzS
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)1603144618.0

What's the truth?

As even Washington Post fact-checker Daniel Dale explained, Trump was not, in fact, admitting to a crime.

"Again, the clip that's circulating has a misleading caption; Trump's point was that it compromises a president to make personal fundraising calls to big CEOs, so he won't," Dale explained. "Once more: A) Trump *does* do lots of high-dollar fundraising, but B) He was clearly not admitting here to corruption or an actual deal with Exxon. Carry on."

Once more: A) Trump *does* do lots of high-dollar fundraising, but B) He was clearly not admitting here to corrupti… https://t.co/cjttdByJnq
— Daniel Dale (@Daniel Dale)1603142494.0

Even Exxon was forced to respond.

"We are aware of the President's statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we're all clear, it never happened," the company said.

How did Rupar respond?

Rupar eventually deleted his misleading tweet. He claimed that he thought his tweet clearly represented that Trump was discussing a hypothetical, but said he deleted the tweet because "folks are interpreting in a more literal way."

But again, Rupar's tweet contained zero context and literally used the hashtag #QuidProQuo."

Deleted this because the quote reads too much like something Trump actually said to Exxon when he was talking about… https://t.co/a2Sn1V0ggb
— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar)1603161165.0