Mike Parson said Tuesday that Trump would be “getting involved” in the case of the St. Louis couple, who are under review for potential criminal charges. Elected four years ago on a platform to reform the justice system in St. Louis, Gardner said she began receiving threats and insults even before she took office. ADGardner shared emails and social media messages she had received, some from outside St. Louis, with vile and racist language. During a Tuesday interview with journalist Casey Nolen, of local NBC-affiliate news station 5 On Your Side, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Chief John Hayden said the department has turned over an “unlawful use of a weapon” case to the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office. “Kim Gardner has an abysmal record in prosecuting violent crime,” Schmitt said on Fox News last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Source: Washington Post July 15, 2020 08:52 UTC