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On 10 Jan 2022, "Mr. Black" <MisterBlack@gop.ru> posted some news:sridee$5tvu$11@news.freedyn.de:

Bill Flett wrote

No more nigger DAs.

An embattled George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor in St. Louis resigned
Thursday amid a legal effort by Missouri's attorney general to fire her
for allegedly neglecting her duties.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, the city's top prosecutor, is stepping down following repeated, bipartisan calls for her resignation
from officials across the state.

Gardner's office tweeted her resignation letter, which was addressed to
the people of St. Louis.

Gardner is one of the first progressive prosecutors whom Soros, a liberal billionaire and Democrat mega-donor, bankrolled in 2016 and again for her re-election in 2020. She announced last month that she would seek a third
term. Her resignation is effective June 1.

For years, Gardner's office has faced criticism for mishandling cases and office dysfunction. The final straw for Missouri Attorney General Andrew
Bailey came in February, when a teenage volleyball player visiting St.
Louis with her team was struck by a car and lost both of her legs.

A man was charged in the crash with assault, armed criminal action and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license. He was out on bond
awaiting trial for a separate armed robbery case despite violating the
terms of his bond several dozen times.

YET ANOTHER MISSOURI OFFICIAL MAY TAKE SOROS-BACKED PROSECUTOR TO COURT AS
MORE ASSISTANTS RESIGN

Gardner argued that her office had tried to put the suspect back in jail
but that a judge had denied their request. However, there are no court
records of her office — which is responsible for monitoring compliance
with bond conditions and revoking them when those terms are violated —
asking for his bond to be revoked, according to local reports.

In the wake of the incident, Bailey filed a petition quo warranto, the
legal mechanism under state statute that allows the attorney general to
remove a prosecutor who neglects the job's duties.

Bailey claims that nearly 12,000 criminal cases have been dismissed by
what he calls Gardner's failures. He also says more than 9,000 cases have
been thrown out as they had been about to go to trial, forcing judges to dismiss more than 2,000 cases due to what Bailey described as a failure to provide defendants with evidence and speedy trials.

JUDGE SHREDS SOROS-BACKED PROSECUTOR, MOVES TO HOLD HER IN CRIMINAL
CONTEMPT: ‘RUDDERLESS SHIP OF CHAOS‘

Despite Gardner's resignation, Bailey was unsatisfied, releasing a
statement calling on her to leave office immediately rather than wait
until the end of the month.

"There is absolutely no reason for the circuit attorney to remain in
office until June 1," he said. "We remain undeterred with our legal quest
to forcibly remove her from office. Every day she remains puts the city of
St. Louis in more danger. How many victims will there be between now and
June 1? How many defendants will have their constitutional rights
violated? How many cases will continue to go unprosecuted?"

Gardner had refused to leave office for months, calling Bailey's efforts a political "witch hunt" and a form of "voter suppression." She also
suggested that racism and sexism are behind some of the criticism against
her.

A St. Louis judge had set a tentative trial date for Sept. 25 to hear
arguments from both sides.

Meanwhile, Gardner's office is facing two proceedings for contempt of
court after prosecutors failed to appear for multiple court dates. In one contempt case, a Missouri judge said Gardner had "complete indifference
and a conscious disregard for the judicial process" and called her office
a "rudderless ship of chaos."

SOROS-BACKED PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE UNDER FIRE FOR MURDER CASE NO-SHOW AS
TRIAL SET FOR POTENTIAL REMOVAL

It's unclear if the contempt hearings will be dropped.

Several assistant prosecutors recently resigned from Garner's long
understaffed office, which has been plagued by persistent personnel issues creating low morale and a dysfunctional working environment.

Gardner's tenure was riddled with allegations of misconduct and mishandled cases long before her latest legal issues. In one case, she was publicly reprimanded and fined by the Missouri Supreme Court.

More broadly, Gardner has been scrutinized for what critics have deemed soft-on-crime policies.

Gardner was St. Louis' first Black chief prosecutor. Fox News Digital has reached out to her office for comment.

<https://www.foxnews.com/politics/soros-backed-prosecutor-mired-scandal- resigns-office>

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