Kentucky senator was on trip at center of FBI’s probe of Ohio speaker
by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Kentucky lawmaker says he complied with “the letter and the spirit” of the state’s ethics code in taking a four-day trip to England that’s now at the heart of an FBI investigation that has led to the resignation of Ohio’s House speaker. Senate Majority Leader Damon Thayer, R-Georgetown, said…