House Speaker Stumbo appoints panel to investigate Gov. Bevin [View all]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The speaker of Kentucky's House of Representatives has launched a formal investigation of the state's Republican governor, appointing a bipartisan committee to probe whether Matt Bevin broke the law while trying to convince Democrats to switch parties in the last legislative chamber in the South not controlled by the GOP.

Democratic Speaker Greg Stumbo said the committee will have the power to subpoena witnesses and to take testimony under oath, and will include three Democrats and two Republicans.

"We're not asking them to find anything except the truth," Stumbo said.

But GOP leaders say one of the Republican appointees — Rep. David Floyd of Bardstown — will not participate in what they're calling an effort to smear Bevin. The other, Rep. Jim Stewart, did not return a call seeking comment.

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