Last week, after more than a year of legal wrangling, Judge Moriarity granted citizen Charles Lane’s request for a preliminary injunction to stop Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from using hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to pay numerous outside law firms for representing her in the myriad legal troubles she has had since taking office — including the Greitens case, the investigation of her office by a special prosecutor; the indictment of her hand-picked, outside investigator, William Don Tisaby; the defense of ethical complaints to the Missouri Bar; her federal lawsuit alleging a racist conspiracy to hamper her efforts (where Lane is one of the named defendants); her attempt to free convicted murderer Lamar Johnson; etc.
In granting the injunction, Judge Moriarity indicated that Lane’s underlying suit to fully stop the City from making payments for Gardner’s outside legal expenses has a significant chance of success on the merits.
Of course, Ms. Gardner indicated that she plans to appeal the court’s ruling. In other words, incur even more legal expenses that she will want citizens of St. Louis to pay for.
