Former Kentucky prosecutor accused of trading favors for meth and sex pleads guilty

Former Commonwealth's Attorney Scott Blair of Perry County, Kentucky, has pleaded guilty to honest wire services fraud, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.

A former Kentucky commonwealth's attorney has pleaded guilty to honest wire services fraud. (Fox News)

The criminal complaint said he solicited sex and meth from people facing criminal charges beginning in 2020, and then took actions to help them.

Blair told U.S. Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram during the hearing that he was "quite confident" the charges could be proved and that he feels great contrition over his actions.

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Although he was running unopposed for another term, he said he would take steps to remove his name from the ballot and give up his law license.

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