Timothy Birdnow

A little bit of Missouri mishmash to attend to this fine cold morning. First we return to our favorite Democratic witch hazel in Missouri, namely the George Soros-funded ex-St. Louis Circuit Attorney (Prosecutor) Kim Gardner.

Gardner was one of the class of prosecutors (like Kim Foxx in Chicago) funded by Soros and supported by Black Lives Matter whose intention was to overturn the law for "equity" sake. Gardner made her name though by prosecuting Missouri's Republican Governor (a former Democrat) Eric Greitens in a travesty of a case that would have been tossed for malfeasance and led to the prosecutor being disbarred and possibly jailed had the racial ramifications not been present. And had Greitens not pissed off the Missouri RINO Republicans (among other things he wanted a five year moratorium on politicians becoming lobbyists, something that was going to cost a lot of retiring Republicrats dearly.)

(Do understand Greitens was a perv and a jackass, butt he was a Democrat who switched parties so what do you expect? Picture Bill Clinton, only less affable. Still, he was elected by the public and the Republicans should not have allowed the Democrats to use lawfare to take him out. This set the trend and is the model they employed against Trump.)

Gardner withheld exculpatory evidence, tampered with witnesses, hired her own private investigator (a guy named Tisdale, who wound up in the slammer), and generally made a huge mess of things. She was cited with contempt of court but wind up being let off and cut a deal with Greitens - he had to resign from office and charges would be dropped, proving clearly this was politically motivated and nothing more.

Gardner had a list of "banned cops" and she would prosecute no charges against anyone arrested and charged by these "racist cops" in the City. Her staff quit in droves.

The last straw for Gardner was when a young punk who was under house arrest rammed his car into a teenage girl here to play in a volleyball tournament; the girl lost both her legs. Turns out the young punk had skipped out with his ankle bracelet over 23 times and Gardner had done nothing to stop it.

She made an agreement to quit rather than be prosecuted (and typically Missouri Republicans agreed to let her walk).

Anyway, the Missouri State Auditor just completed an audit of Madam Gardner's office and the report is staggering.

After months of hunting for Gardner - who went on the lam to Florida to avoid testifying - State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick uncovered some amazing things. For instance, Gardner had over 6,000 referrals from the police for prosecution in her e-mail that she never even bothered to open. And of the ones she addressed at all she chose to NOT prosecute over 60%, including many violent felonies.

Gardner spent over 7 full weeks skipping work to attend nursing classes at St. Louis University, and even skipped court during the Greitens case (leading the judge to threaten her with contempt). Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey made his name pursuing Gardner and he had her followed; she spent large amounts of time at SLU when she was supposed to be in the office doing the work of the people of St. Louis.

Gardner's ridiculous excuse was she was trying "to improve the office and bring mental health awareness” by getting a master's degree in nursing. How does that help anyone but herself? It has no bearing on the job at hand. It's like telling your boss in an accounting firm you needed an auto-mechanic's certificate.

she also misappropriated funds. She used office funds to throw lavish parties, one of which ran up a six thousand dollar bar bill at a local restaurant. That can be characterized as embezzlement.

She spent $58,000 on a chili cookout, having her car detailed, a disc jockey, and her personal legal expenses.

Anyone else would be in prison by now.

At any rate the Auditor has no prosecutory power so it has to wait for state or local authorities to file charges. Andrew Bailey, Missouri's Attorney General, has already shown a willingness to go after her (and buck his own party in the process) so I expect charges to come soon.

As ye sow so shall ye reap; Gardner used the law to destroy political enemies and now her own sins are coming home to roost. If there is any justice in America she will serve quite a bit of prison time.

In other Missouri news outgoing Republican Governor Mike Parsons, the RINO stooge, has shown why Republicans rarely prosper. With St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell going to Congress Parsons had the power to appoint a new prosecutor. He did - a Democrat! Why elect Republicans if they are going to support the Democrats?

After a big fight with St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page (the tyrant of Covid) Parsons caved and appointed Melissa Price Smith after winning in court over Page.

Pior to that Mr.Pasons appointed Gabriel Gore as the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis, another Democrat.

What is the point of winning if your guy gives the loses power?

Is it any wonder a person like Gardner could run amok for all that time with friends like Mike Parsons? The Republican GOP is largely worthless, with a few exceptions. Our last three Attorney Generals have been great, but they are anomalies. Missouri is RINO country and it's why we remain a backwater by and large. We can't make progress with this good-old-boys club in power.

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