This is hopefully great news for the McCloskeys:
DC EXAMINER – A judge in St. Louis disqualified Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner from prosecuting the case against Mark McCloskey on the grounds that campaign fundraising emails that the prosecutor sent about Mark and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, pointing guns at protesters made her unfit for the case.
“The campaign emails demonstrate the Circuit Attorney’s personal interest in this case, raise the appearance of impropriety and jeopardize the Defendant’s right to a fair trial,” Judge Thomas Clark wrote in the ruling entered on Thursday. “These email solicitations aim to raise money using the Defendant and the circumstances surrounding the case to rally Ms. Gardner’s political base and fuel contributions.”
Clark acknowledged the Supreme Court precedent discouraging “judicial intrusion” in disqualifying democratically elected attorneys. “The court does not seek to disregard the will of the voters and does not make this decision lightly,” the judge wrote. “Ms. Gardner enjoys the honor of representing the citizens as their elected official. … She is accountable — not just to the voters but to the rule of law.”
This judge is absolutely right. Gardner should be thrown off the case because she had no business bringing it in the first place. It was all politics to appease the mob and her fundraising emails prove it. I hope his decision sticks.
The entire case should be thrown out because the McCloskeys did nothing wrong. They were the VICTIMS of a huge, angry mob who broke onto their property and mad terrible threats against them.
If Trump does end up leaving office next month I hope he pardons the McCloskeys, if that’s something he can do. While they really shouldn’t need pardoning, it’s sometimes necessary when fighting against corrupt prosecutors and judges, as we all know well.