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Kentucky Attorney General announces indictment of Randall Lynn Webb on campaign finance charges
Summary
Kentucky's attorney general announced that a Laurel County grand jury indicted Randall Lynn Webb on four felony counts of excessive campaign contributions tied to donations in December 2022; arraignment is scheduled for April 15 at 9 a.m. The office said the case came after a referral from the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance and will be handled by the AG's special prosecution unit.
The Kentucky Attorney General announced at a London news conference that a Laurel County grand jury has indicted Randall Lynn Webb on four felony counts of excessive campaign contribution violations.
"As such, today, I'm announcing that a Laurel County Grand Jury has indicted Randall Lynn Webb on 4 felony counts of excessive campaign contribution violations," the attorney general said, adding that the charges follow an inquiry by the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance.
The announcement matters because the indictment alleges a pattern of unlawful campaign donations. The attorney general said investigators found that in December 2022 Webb made more than 20 unlawful contributions to the Andy Beshear for Governor campaign and to the Kentucky Democratic Party, that Webb allegedly used his personal credit card to make those donations, and that he reported other individuals as the donors. Each of the four counts in the indictment is charged as a Class D felony.
The office provided a procedural timeline: Webb is scheduled to be arraigned in Laurel Circuit Court on April 15 at 9 a.m., and the case will be prosecuted by the attorney general's special prosecution unit, the attorney general said. The attorney general also said the indictment came after action by the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance and that further details are limited by court rules.
"Just as any criminal case, the charges in this indictment are allegations, and Mr. Webb is presumed innocent until proven guilty," the attorney general said. He noted the office generally does not hold press conferences when announcing indictments and cited Kentucky Supreme Court rules that limit what can be disclosed during ongoing prosecutions.
The attorney general framed the decision to speak to the public as a response to sustained attention from residents of Laurel County and nearby mountain communities who, he said, felt the justice system had not been addressing their concerns. He declined to take questions at the news conference, saying the office was constrained in what it could publicly provide at this stage.
The arraignment date and the office's statement that a special prosecution unit will try the case are the most recent developments; no plea, trial date, or verdict has been announced.
