McClosky’s next move should be to sue the DA’s office for wrongful prosecution. He seems like a capable attorney. He shouldn’t have a problem.
23 Jul: The Federalist: Legal Docs: St. Louis Prosecutor Tampered With Evidence In McCloskey Gun Case
by Tristan Justice
Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt formally requested the case be dismissed and the state’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson has pledged to grant them a pardon if they are convicted by the activist prosecutor.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/23/legal-docs-st-louis-prosecutor-tampered-with-evidence-in-mccloskey-gun-case/
from putrid WaPo:
22 Jul: WaPo: 67 current, former prosecutors defend St. Louis prosecutor from attacks in McCloskey gun case
By Tom Jackman
(Tom Jackman has been covering criminal justice for The Washington Post since 1998 and anchors the True Crime blog. He previously covered crime and courts for the Kansas City Star)
On Wednesday, a group of 67 state and federal prosecutors, including Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, former Los Angeles district attorney Gil Garcetti, and current prosecutors in Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Dallas and elsewhere issued a joint statement condemning the “shameful, aggressive and blatantly political attacks on Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner.”
Barbara McQuade, the former U.S. attorney for eastern Michigan, told The Washington Post, “President Trump needs to realize he’s no longer a loudmouth at the country club. He’s the president. He’s using a bully pulpit to have influence on public opinion, and it’s improper influence that can put a heavy thumb on the scales of justice.”...
“It’s disheartening to see politicians,” said Wesley Bell, the prosecutor of neighboring St. Louis County, “some of whom have no law enforcement experience, interfering in cases and trying to engineer outcomes.” Bell, elected in 2018 as a reformist, said despite the politics of elections, “a prosecutor should endeavor to be as apolitical as possible. To attack just a charging decision, after a full investigation, or try to encourage an outcome prior to it getting to a jury, is to me indefensible and completely against the idea of our Constitution and our justice system.”...
“It’s disheartening to see politicians,” said Wesley Bell, the prosecutor of neighboring St. Louis County, “some of whom have no law enforcement experience, interfering in cases and trying to engineer outcomes.” Bell, elected in 2018 as a reformist, said despite the politics of elections, “a prosecutor should endeavor to be as apolitical as possible. To attack just a charging decision, after a full investigation, or try to encourage an outcome prior to it getting to a jury, is to me indefensible and completely against the idea of our Constitution and our justice system.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/22/67-current-former-prosecutors-defend-st-louis-prosecutor-attacks-mccloskey-gun-case/