Top Kentucky Lawmaker Steps Aside

Kentucky House Speaker Jeff Hoover (R) resigned from his leadership position, “more than two months after acknowledging he secretly settled a sexual harassment claim and paid to keep it quiet,” the AP reports.

In a blistering speech on the House floor, before stepping down, Hoover denounced his critics — including Gov. Matt Bevin (R) — for telling what he called lies from the “deepest pit of Hell.”