Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron gets married with Mitch McConnell in attendance

Ben Tobin
Louisville Courier Journal
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron says police had a right to defend themselves when Kenneth Walker fired his gun at them.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron got married this past weekend, his spokeswoman confirmed.

"Attorney General Cameron and his wife were married this past Friday at a small, private outdoor ceremony in Louisville," Cameron's spokeswoman Elizabeth Kuhn wrote in an email.

Kuhn declined to answer follow-up questions, stating: "As the wedding was a private event, there will be no further public statements."

This is Cameron's second marriage. The Elizabethtown native received both his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Louisville.

He is a a protege of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell was in attendance at the wedding, his spokesman Robert Steurer confirmed to The Courier Journal on Monday.

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Cameron's office is currently investigating the death of Breonna Taylor, an unarmed 26-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Louisville home by police officers on March 13. Protesters have been demanding that Cameron criminally charge those involved in the shooting — Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, Officer Myles Cosgrove and ex-Officer Brett Hankison.

Cameron has also been challenging the constitutionality of Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's coronavirus-related emergency orders, which will be determined by the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Weddings can occur in Kentucky at venues so long as the capacity is limited to 50% and social distancing is promoted, per Beshear's order. A different order, limiting social gatherings to 10 people or less, does not apply to weddings.

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