The FBI is investigating lame-duck Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s onslaught of pardons, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported. The Republican pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 600 criminals, some of them violent felons, after he was voted out of office. Among those who caught a break was Patrick Baker, who is two years into a 19-year homicide and robbery sentence—and whose brother held a fundraiser for Bevin last year. Bevin has denied that—or a letter from a mega-donor—had anything to do with his decision on Baker.
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