An update on today's Impeachment Committee meeting from a Kentucky Open Government Coalition Twitter thread. After a hastily called closed session at 9:14 am, the Impeachment Committee returned to open session at 12:06 pm:

"As promised, the Impeachment Committee returned to open session after a closed session of longer duration than Thursday's one hour session but shorter duration than Wednesday's 3.5 hour session (by 30 minutes).

"The Impeachment Committee dismisses Beshear impeachment petition 2 (filed by KY Liberty PAC) and 3 (filed by Take Back KY) because they did not meet the statutory requirements. The Impeachment Committee is requesting more information from Beshear and Cameron. It has "no update" on the Goforth petition. Next meeting upon receipt of information from Beshear and Cameron and 'on call of chair.'

(Courier Journal reporter Joe Sonka later tweeted that the "Impeachment committee is requesting previously unreleased audio recordings or transcripts from the Breonna Taylor grand jury, per the letter from Nemes to Cameron.")

"Responding to questions, the chair repeatedly asserts that this is the most transparent impeachment process in KY history and states that evidence, testimony (if taken), and decisions are/will be public. But he likens the committee to the Supreme Court's closed deliberations.

"He seems to forget that the Supreme Court is not subject to the Open Meetings Act. This committee is. The Act, to which he has expressed the committee's commitment, states that "the formation of public policy is public business & shall not be conducted in secret."

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23042

"This entitles the public to monitor not just the committee's decisions (final actions) and the evidence it considers in taking action, but the discussions that yield final action. The committee is cherry picking. Either it adheres to the Open Meetings Act or it abandons the pretense of openness."