It seems every thing that can be done is being done as too to not make all the details of Baumgartner's crimes known too the public.
Don't you find it interesting that after 20 years in office, Randy Nichols (close personal friend of Baumgarter) has decided not to run for re-election. Nichols became DA when the Democratic Governor, Ned McWherter, appointed him after then-DA Ed Dossett (Republican) was supposedly trampled to death by cattle. There's an interesting account at (as well as Baumgartner stuff). In my personal opinion, Nichols and Baumgartner were two of the absolute weakest on crime and punishment for all those years. Yet, citizens kept returning them back to office. I can't figure it out. I never voted for either EVER.
I repeat, some enterprising journalist in Knox County needs to obtain the emails for the time period of 2007 to 2011 that were generated on the County's email system that pertain to Baumgartner, Nichols, and Baumgartner's secretary. That's work product. FOIA. The newspaper, like an illusionist, wants us to focus over here at the TBI file when the public needs to be focusing over there at the emails. http://www.shotsacrossthebow.com/index.php/weblog/archives/2011/12/