ST. LOUIS — After a teenage volleyball player from Tennessee lost both legs following an accident in downtown St. Louis, her family and those around them were…
Court officials said they didn’t know Riley had violated his bond because prosecutors had never filed a motion to revoke it.
“While it is true my office could have done more, to say we did nothing is only disingenuous is willfully ignorant of the reality of our court system,” Gardner said during a Thursday press conference interrupted by cheers from supporters.Article content Democratic St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said Gardner had “lost the trust of the people,” but did not call for her resignation.Advertisement 6Attempts to oust elected officials in Missouri are rare but not unprecedented. In 2009, Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster asked a judge to remove Dent County prosecutor Jessica Sparks, a Republican.
Gardner drew national attention in 2018 when she charged then-Gov. Eric Greitens with felony invasion of privacy, accusing him of taking a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair. Greitens, a Republican, accused her of a political attack. The charge was later dropped but Greitens, also under investigation by Missouri lawmakers, resigned in June 2018.In March, investigator William Tisaby pleaded guilty to misdemeanour evidence tampering.
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