Embattled Soros-Backed St. Louis Prosecutor Resigns From Office

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ST. LOUISโ€”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 โ€œwrit of quo warrantoโ€ against Gardner in February, a legal proceeding seeking to oust her for alleged failure to perform her official duties.

Bailey asserted that Gardner had โ€œforfeitedโ€ 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, Gardnerโ€™s other failures to take prosecutorial action resulted in some 12,000 criminal cases being dismissed, โ€œendlessly frustrating courts and victims desperate for justice.โ€

Police are โ€œdrowning in drugsโ€ seized in cases that have languished, Bailey wrote, and alleged that Gardnerโ€™s office had allowed arrest-warrant applications to go โ€œunprocessed for more than eight months.โ€

Bailey also accused Gardner of agreeing to โ€œextraordinary bond reductionsโ€ 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.

โ€œWhat youโ€™re seeing is a witch hunt,โ€ she said during a meeting with supporters that was recorded by KSDK News and posted on YouTube.

โ€œIโ€™m not leavinโ€™. Iโ€™m not resigning. Iโ€™m not doing nothing. You will have to remove me.โ€ Gardner said.

In her resignation letter, Gardner said it had been the โ€œhonor of a lifetimeโ€ 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.

Byย Lawrence Wilson

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