{"id":26875,"date":"2019-11-22T03:01:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T08:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=26875"},"modified":"2019-11-21T17:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T22:04:12","slug":"cameron-appoints-pitt-to-special-adviser-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/cameron-appoints-pitt-to-special-adviser-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Appoints Pitt To Special Adviser Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26876\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2019\/11\/22\/cameron-appoints-pitt-to-special-adviser-role\/steve-pitt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Steve-Pitt.jpg?fit=205%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"205,297\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Steve Pitt\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Steve-Pitt.jpg?fit=205%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Steve-Pitt.jpg?resize=205%2C297\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"297\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26876\" \/><br \/>\nKentucky Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron has selected outgoing Governor Matt Bevin\u2019s general counsel for a key job.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The incoming Republican attorney general on Wednesday (11\/20) announced Steve Pitt\u2019s appointment to serve as his counsel and special adviser. Pitt has nearly 50 years of legal experience, and since 2015 has served as Bevin\u2019s general counsel.<\/p>\n<p>In that high-profile role, Pitt defended the state in a series of lawsuits challenging Kentucky laws putting new restrictions on abortions. He also represented Bevin during the governor\u2019s many legal feuds with Attorney General Andy Beshear, who defeated Bevin in this month\u2019s election.<\/p>\n<p>Pitt said in a release Wednesday that he\u2019ll work with Cameron to protect Kentucky families, law enforcement and the state\u2019s \u201cmost vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron has selected outgoing Governor Matt Bevin\u2019s general counsel for a key job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":26876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Steve-Pitt.jpg?fit=205%2C297&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-6Zt","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 07:34:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26877,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26875\/revisions\/26877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}