Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced he will release all grand jury records in the Breonna Taylor case on Wednesday after a member of the grand jury filed a motion bashing him for misleading them during the two-day proceeding, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.
“The grand jury is meant to be a secretive body. It’s apparent that the public interest in this case isn’t going to allow that to happen,” he said in a statement late on Monday.
🚨 BREAKING: KY Attorney General Daniel Cameron says he *will* release grand jury recording in #BreonnaTaylor case on Wednesday.
Here’s his full statement: pic.twitter.com/T2XiClvbYY
— Blayne Alexander (@ReporterBlayne) September 29, 2020
Since Cameron revealed that no charges would be filed against either of the officers who shot Taylor last week, a flurry of information, and bodycam videos, have been released that threw much of what he told the public into question.
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In an extremely rare situation on Monday, a member of the grand jury filed a motion demanding Cameron release the full grand jury file, writing through a lawyer that Cameron not only misled the public but also left out critical information during his presentation to the grand jury last week. A judge ordered Cameron release the transcripts per CNN.
During a press conference last Wednesday, Cameron largely shifted blame for the lack of charges against Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove on to the grand jury, telling reporters that he presented all the facts and members of the grand jury decided against any charges.
But an unnamed member of that jury is now saying that is not true, writing in the motion that Cameron was using them “as a shield to deflect accountability and responsibility for those decisions.”
The motion asks for a transcript and recording of the grand jury proceeding to be released, and for all jurors to be given the right to speak openly about the case.
One of the key sections of the groundbreaking motion demands a judge allow members of the grand jury to also discuss “any potential charges and defendants presented or not presented.”
Source: Daniel Cameron Ordered To Release Breonna Taylor Grand Jury Recording After Juror Calls Foul
