Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo says he did not approve the subpoena of a Democratic lawmaker saying the legislator's testimony is "absolutely irrelevant" in an investigation of Republican Gov. Matt Bevin.
Stumbo created a committee earlier this year to investigate whether Bevin delayed a road project to punish Democratic state Representative Russ Meyer for refusing to switch parties. Meyer did not respond to multiple requests to testify before the committee.
Committee chairman Jim Wayne said Stumbo denied his request to subpoena Meyer. Wayne then resigned in protest.
Stumbo says Wayne's resignation was "unexpected” and the committee should have subpoenaed state transportation officials first to determine whether they did anything unusual in delaying the project.
Stumbo said the committee still exists and he expects it to issue a report to him by the end of the year.
