(BlackPressRadio.net) – With the news of Breonna Taylor’s murder being swept under the rug, the world is reacting with a lot of questions. One of the biggest questions people have begun to ask is: “Who is Daniel Cameron?”
Here’s a quick fact check on Daniel Cameron from Black Voter Magazine.
Daniel Cameron (Republican Party) is the Attorney General of Kentucky. He assumed office on December 17, 2019. His current term ends on January 1, 2024. Cameron ran for election for Attorney General of Kentucky. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019. Cameron was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) list of 20 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees released on September 9, 2020. For more information on the 2020 Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020.
Cameron grew up in Hardin County, Kentucky. He obtained a B.S. in political science from the University of Louisville in 2008. He obtained a J.D., cum laude, from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 2011. During his legal studies, Cameron was a member of the law review and president of the Student Bar Association.
Cameron joined the law firm of Frost Brown Todd in Louisville in 2017. His professional experience includes serving as a law clerk to Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and working in private practice at Stites & Harbison in Louisville. Cameron was legal counsel to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from 2015 to 2017.
Cameron and McConnell remain close and spend time with their families together. He attended Cameron’s wedding and he is considered a mentor to Cameron.