Posted on 05/05/2023 7:16:15 AM PDT by Twotone
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner resigned on Thursday after years of accusations that she willfully neglected the duties of her office.
Gardner announced her resignation in a letter to Republican Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri, in which she did not reference any of the criticism her office faced but instead said she was resigning in order to deter Republicans from appointing a special counsel in her stead.
"The most powerful weapon I have to fight back against these outsiders stealing your voices and your rights is to step back," she wrote. "I took this job to serve the people of the City of St. Louis, and that's still my North star."
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was the most recent to publicly berate Gardner. He responded to her resignation by demanding that Gardner not delay in leaving the office.
“There is absolutely no reason for the Circuit Attorney to remain in office until June 1st. We remain undeterred with our legal quest to forcibly remove her from office," he said in a statement to KMOV-TV.
"Every day she remains puts the city of St. Louis in more danger," he added. "How many victims will there be between now and June 1st? How many defendants will have their constitutional rights violated? How many cases will continue to go unprosecuted?”
Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe also released a statement excoriating Gardner.
“Kim Gardner’s decision to resign as the St. Louis Circuit Attorney is a major step forward in restoring the rule of law in St. Louis. This is the only decision she has made during her tenure with which I agree," Kehoe wrote.
"Dysfunction in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office, and Kim Gardner’s unwillingness to take violent crime seriously, has hindered St. Louis for years. This resignation is long overdue. Further, Kim Gardner should never run for this office again," he added
Gardner's office had struggled after numerous high-profile circuit attorneys resigned in protest. On Wednesday, her office was also dealt a tragic blow when another assistant circuit attorney died in a car accident with several other vehicles.
She was first elected as circuit attorney in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. She received tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from a group funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros.
Gardner made headlines when she filed charges against a St. Louis couple who were filmed pointing their guns at Black Lives Matter protesters in order to protect their property.
She expected Money for Nuffin
One down and a whole bunch more to go.
Democrats and Death appear to come from the same root word, somehow.
Now this evil woman wants to be a nurse so she can do abortions and participate with the Mengele “doctors” when they perform their gender mutilating surgery on helpless children.
She didn’t just neglect her office, she also put many people’s lives in danger by refusing to charge minorities and criminals.
I beleive tIs is the same woman who said of a Gang shooting, in broad daylight, in front of many eyewitnesses who were behind them when they just stopped i. Trsffic and got out and began firing at othrrs, caught on camera even, that she would no charge he thugs beczuse they were “mutual combatants” and claimed there wasn’t evidence enough to pursue charges
“Hey Kim - George called. He wants a refund”.
Good riddance to the racist.
Her “North Star”?
Who talks like that?
When is someone going to indite Soros? He belongs at the end of a rope!
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