When the attorney general's office took over the Dooley case, it also appointed Shane Young, the Hardin County commonwealth's attorney, to examine Tally Smith's conduct and investigate if she committed any criminal wrongdoing. He asked Kentucky State Police to head up the investigation, so they're doing it.
Tally Smith said it was her former law clerk who stole the emails, texts and unsent letter between her and McVay and ultimately caused them to become public.
The negative attention has caused a rift between Tally Smith, a Republican, and the Boone County Republican Party's leaders.
In the Northern Kentucky case, Talley Smith’s relationship with McVay was exposed when a law clerk in her office copied documents that included emails between her and the detective in which she called herself “Chiquita Queen.”
Long’s attorneys, including Mark Bryant, himself a former commonwealth’s attorney, say Pryor, the commonwealth’s attorney, should be disqualified because she is likely to be called as a material witness in a trial set for Aug. 7.
1st District#N#Alonzo Pennington – Democrat – Princeton#N#Paul Walker – Democrat – Murray#N#James Comer – Republican (incumbent) – Tompkinsville
4th District#N#J. Dorsey Ridley – Democrat (incumbent) – Henderson#N#Robert M. “Robby” Mills – Republican – Henderson
7th District#N#Joy Gray – Democrat – Owensboro#N#Suzanne Miles – Republican (incumbent) – Owensboro
Central District Constable#N#Steve Nave – Democrat#N#Ray Westerfield – Democrat
Judge Executive#N#Jack B McCaslin – Democrat (incumbent)#N#Russell W Jackson – Republican#N#Johnny “Chic” Roberts – Republican
Circuit Court Clerk#N#Karen L. McKnight – Democrat#N#Tanya Michelle Bowman – Democrat
Judge Executive#N#Mike Burden – Republican#N#Stephen Kelly Thurman – Democrat (incumbent)