Victory.
A Missouri judge had moved to hold a George Soros-bankrolled prosecutor, Kimberly Gardner, in “indirect criminal contempt” after she and her subordinates failed to show up for multiple court dates, lambasting her office as a “rudderless ship of chaos.”
Nearly 12,000 criminal cases have been dismissed under Gardner and more than 9,000 cases have been tossed just before going to trial, forcing judges to dismiss more than 2,000 cases due to a failure to provide defendants with evidence and speedy trials.
A scandal-ridden prosecutor backed by billionaire George Soros announced she is resigning as the Missouri attorney general moved to have her forcibly removed from her office.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, the city’s top prosecutor, confirmed her resignation in a letter just days after she defiantly declared “I ain’t leaving.”
Both Republicans and Democrats across Missouri have demanded her resignation for years, accusing her office of dysfunction and mishandling cases.
Her resignation is effective June 1.
Earlier this year, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey had filed a petition quo warranto to forcibly remove Gardner from her office over repeated instances where her office allegedly failed to enforce the law. (NY Post)
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner, who was bankrolled by George Soros money, has announced she will resign on June 1. She suggests racism is to blame but she had grown increasingly unpopular for neglecting her duties & letting criminals re-offend while out on pretrial… https://t.co/w00Tlk68rV
— Andy Ngô ?️? (@MrAndyNgo) May 5, 2023
EMBATTLED SOROS-BACKED ST. LOUIS PROSECUTOR RESIGNS FROM OFFICE
By Lawrence Wilson, The Epoch Times, May 4, 2023Updated: May 4, 2023
‘ST. LOUIS—Kimberly M. Gardner, the embattled St. Louis circuit attorney who had been accused of failing to perform her duties, has resigned effective June 1.
Gardner posted her letter of resignation on Twitter on May 4, two days after visiting judge John Torbitzky ordered seven out of 10 claims filed against her by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to move forward.
Bailey had filed a “writ of quo warranto” against Gardner in February, a legal proceeding seeking to oust her for alleged failure to perform her official duties
Bailey asserted that Gardner had “forfeited” her office by failing in her duty to protect the public.
The move was initiated following public outcry after Janae Edmondson, a Tennessee teen, had both legs amputated following a car crash involving an alleged repeat bond violator on Feb. 18.
According to Bailey, Gardner’s other failures to take prosecutorial action resulted in some 12,000 criminal cases being dismissed, “endlessly frustrating courts and victims desperate for justice.”
Police are “drowning in drugs” seized in cases that have languished, Bailey wrote, and alleged that Gardner’s office had allowed arrest-warrant applications to go “unprocessed for more than eight months.”
Bailey also accused Gardner of agreeing to “extraordinary bond reductions” and failure to seek bond revocations for suspects charged with violent crimes.
Gardner had vowed to fight the attempt to remove her from office as recently as April 29.
“What you’re seeing is a witch hunt,” she said during a meeting with supporters that was recorded by KSDK News and posted on YouTube.
“I’m not leavin’. I’m not resigning. I’m not doing nothing. You will have to remove me.” Gardner said.
In her resignation letter, Gardner said it had been the “honor of a lifetime” to serve the people of St. Louis, who had twice elected her.
She said her decision to leave office was motivated by a bill advancing in the Missouri legislature that would make the city attorney a position appointed by the governor rather than an elected one.
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Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
