Attorneys representing Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who displayed firearms after a group of protesters broke a gate and approached their private property, want St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner disqualified from the case after she cited her prosecution of the pair in a fundraising email for her re-election campaign.
“You might be familiar with the story of the couple who brandished guns during a peaceful protest outside their mansion,” a July 17 campaign email states, according to court documents.
The email went on to say that “President Trump and the Governor [Mike Parson] are fighting for the two who pointed guns at peaceful citizens during the Black Lives Matter protests” and later included a request for campaign donations, the court documents show.
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"Peaceful protest," Kimmy? "Peaceful citizens?" Give me a break. A man here has died during this crap. And it looks as if you just botched another case.
Idiot.
UPDATE: The AG's officially in.
The police have been unable to truly bring order to the situation. The McCloskey response was not illegal. It was not out of control. It was right. And yet, they faced the legal wrath of God from St. Louis Prosecutor Kim Gardner who charged them with brandishing. Their weapons were seized by police. Well, now Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt is stepping to stop what pretty much is a politically motivated legal action against the McCloskeys.
The wheels are already starting to come off Kimmy's debacle.
UPDATE: More here. Kimmy? If I'm you, I drop this immediately. Your reputation is already pretty much in the toilet.
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She's out of her league in trying to prosecute these attorneys.
Katherine,
She should have been disbarred for her unethical conduct in the (former) Governor Eric Greitens case. She withheld information on cash payment to witnesses. She also refused to answer questions regarding secret meetings she had with the principal witness, Don Tisaby.
Her office has become a revolving door since she took office, too.
Kind of the way it works around here. Once you get your sinecure, you no longer have to try very hard. Just spend your money and don't worry about results. That's because the City of St. Louis and Kansas City are this state's most solidly blue areas. It's also because in Missouri, the Democrats, who used to run this state, no longer mean jack. No statewide offices are currently held by Democrats.
Chris, does the Missouri AG have any powers over the conduct of the elected St. Louis City Attorney?
I don't think the AG has the power to remove Kimmy or anything but the AG here has already said that he's going to get involved in this situation and not on Kimmy's side. And considering Kimmy's track record, I like his chances.
Lay in a store of popcorn, Chris. This is going to get interesting.
So I see the AG has ordered the charges dismissed. Will Gardner try to hang on, like Sullivan in the Flynn case?
I don't think Schmitt has officially done anything yet. But he means to go to court and get the charges dropped.
Ah! The thick plottens.
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