On Monday night, after a grand juror filed a motion to release grand jury transcripts and recordings in connection to Breonna Taylor’s investigation, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said he will go through with the release.
In the initial motion, an unidentified juror accused Cameron of making false statements against the grand jury to the public, and “using the grand jurors as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility.”
Although Cameron initially declined to release the documents, claiming he did not want to compromise Brett Hankison’s trial, Jefferson Circuit Judge Ann Bailey Smith “ordered attorneys to file a recording of the grand jury proceedings” by Wednesday.
“The Grand Jury is meant to be a secretive body,” Cameron said to CBS News. “It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen.”
Although it remains unclear if the recordings will be released to the public, Cameron said he will comply with the judge’s orders to file the recordings, despite his “ethical obligation” not to.
This all comes after Kentucky AG declined to file charges against the officers involved for the shooting of Breonna Taylor. Instead, the grand jury indicted former officer Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment for shooting into a neighboring apartment.
