Soros-backed Kim Gardner officially loses her bid to stay on the McCloskey case after being removed from the case in December.
We reported in December that the George Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was removed from the McCloskey case after she was caught fundraising on the incident.
Yesterday the Missouri Supreme Court upheld the December ruling:
The Missouri Supreme Court upheld a ruling from a circuit court judge removing St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from the case against Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a couple who made national headlines after they brandished weapons at protesters outside of their home in a gated St. Louis neighborhood.
The decision was made following an appeal by Gardner, whose 2016 campaign was bankrolled by left-wing billionaire George Soros as part of an effort to place Democrats opposed to “tough on crime” policies in top law enforcement jobs, that was rejected by the Missouri Eastern District Court of Appeals.
The prosecutor was disqualified from the case by Judge Thomas Clark after counsel for the McCloskeys argued Gardner’s fundraising emails saying former President Donald Trump and Gov. Mike Parson were “fighting for the two who pointed guns at citizens during the Black Lives Matter protests” amounted to a personal interest in the case that would jeopardize a fair trial.