Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is seeking to remove a St. Louis, George Soros-backed prosecutor over “willful neglect of cases.”
As Attorney General, I want to protect the people of St. Louis, and that includes ensuring prosecutors protect the public,” Bailey said in a statement.
“We gave Circuit Attorney Gardner the chance to do the right thing and resign, she has refused to do so, and my office filed a quo warranto at 12:01 PM to remove her from office immediately,” he added.
In 2016, Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s campaign received a $67,693.23 contribution from the Soros-funded Safety and Justice Committee.
Reporting from Conservative Brief:
The petition related by Bailey alleges that “the circuit court has been forced to dismiss more than 2,700 cases, often because of [Gardner’s] inexplicable failure to provide defendants with discovery and a speedy trial” and that her “lack of diligence has forced her office to dismiss more than 9,000 cases — frequently on the cusp of trial — endlessly frustrating courts and victims desperate for justice.”
