FRANKFORT, Ky. — Steve Pitt has resigned from his role as a key adviser to Kentucky's attorney general. His departure came days after a newspaper uncovered his role in recommending clemency for a sex offender while working for then-Gov. Matt Bevin.
Pitt served as counsel and special adviser to Attorney General Daniel Cameron since late last year. Before that, Pitt was Bevin’s general counsel. Pitt didn't give a specific reason in his resignation letter to Cameron.
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The Courier Journal reported that it was Pitt who recommended last year that Bevin reduce the sex offender's sentence from 15 to three years.