Posted on 07/23/2020 12:25:43 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Missouri’s top lawyer acknowledged Tuesday his intervention in a high-profile unlawful use of a weapon case involving a St. Louis couple is unusual.
“It doesn’t happen every day,” Attorney General Eric Schmitt told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in an interview in the Capitol.
But, he said his controversial decision to seek to have gun charges against Mark and Patricia McCloskey dismissed is rooted in the state’s long-held interest in the right to bear arms.
“There is a common-law interest if the attorney general feels that the broader interest of Missourians are affected, like the chilling effect that this might have with people exercising their Second Amendment rights,” Schmitt said in the interview.
“I felt it was appropriate that I weigh in,” Schmitt added. “We felt it was important to get it in and make the state’s position known early.”
Republican Gov. Mike Parson appointed Schmitt attorney general after Josh Hawley’s election to the U.S. Senate in 2018.
Schmitt’s decision to try to block St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s prosecution of the McCloskey’s has generated scorn.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanmilitarynews.com ...
“””Schmitt’s decision to try to block St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner’s prosecution of the McCloskey’s has generated scorn.””””””””
It generated scorn? Wow, I’m shocked. Well, no I,m not.
If it was a pro-abortion case the paper would not be observing that his action generated scorn.
Sounds good. Any idea if the state Attorney General actually has any authority in this matter?
Hope so but I am doubtful.
Finally a Republican with testicles.
Screw a pardon, this is the proper hill to fight on.
WTF do you mean...SEEKS??? He is the HEAD of that STATE s JUSTICE system!!
Hey Pubbies..PSS..START FIGHTING you freaking wussies... SE
Omg,
Now charge Gardner.
Defund that Prosecutors office.
This is designed to show those who would try to use the 2A as self defense what could happen to them. Most people cant afford the legal fees to defend themselves from a prosecutor like this.
It's called "election year".
This whole time I thought they actually shot someone. All this for “pointing” their guns at a mob?
So the prosecutor is saying he is essentially charging them for trying to protect themselves?
We need it to proceed to the point the DA can be prosecuted for Obstruction of Justice via evidence tampering.
No bias whatsoever. Right in the first sentence.
I say take the case all the way to the S.C. and put this bitch to rest once and for all!
Hey, Bagpipes! this is how a real man behaves.
It's over.
Kim Gardner staffer tampered with McCloskey’s ‘inoperable’ handgun in order to charge couple…
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3867645/posts
I hope and pray that the McCloskey’s bury St Louis and Gardner and her entire staff.
I hope that inoperable gun was verified as such before they turned it over to the DA.
That's why they gave it to their attorney first.
I couldn't figure out why they had done that at the time.
Now we know.
That info has already been leaked by someone in, or associated with, the crime lab. It was well known that it was disabled so it could be brought into court on another case. This would all come out in a trial and would be very damaging to the prosecution. I don't know about MO law, but in Alaska that would be considered tampering with physical evidence, a Class C felony. The prosecutor has a lot of explaining to do on this. I seriously doubt this can ever go to trial as far as the wife is concerned. I'm sure a motion to dismiss has, or will be, filed.
ALL depends on the LEFTIST JUDGE in St. LOUIS!
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