Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer last week ruled Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey was entitled to records not protected by HIPAA, the federal law that protects patient privacy.
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Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple seen protecting their home with firearms during unrest last summer, want their criminal case to be revisited by a grand jury after Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was found by a judge to have ulterior motives in the proceedings.
“Due to the bias of Kim Gardner’s office, we believe the grand jury process was tainted and should be reviewed and revisited,” Joel Schwartz, the attorney for the pair, told the
Associated Press on Wednesday.
The McCloskeys were charged in July with unlawful use of a weapon in addition to evidence tampering following the circulation of the viral video that showed the duo confronting protesters in front of their St. Louis mansion following the death of George Floyd. Mark McCloskey, donning a pink polo, walked around his lawn with an AR-15, while his wife, Patricia, carried a silver handgun,
Prosecutor or Persecutor? Gardner Appeals for Power to Prosecute McCloskeys Ammoland Inc. Posted on
The Charge Against St. Louis Couple for Defending their Home
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- On Sunday, 28 June, 2020, the property of a married couple of Saint Louis lawyers was invaded by a screaming, unruly mob. Under Missouri law, the couple had a right to defend themselves and their home. From a previous article on AmmoLand:
Section 563.031 specifically allows the use of deadly force, not just showing a weapon, against people who have entered private property unlawfully. In order to be justified, the person using the force must reasonably believe such force to be necessary to defend themselves or a third person from the unlawful use of force.
Court Disqualifies Soros-backed Prosecutor Kim Gardner for Fundraising off McCloskey Case
11 Dec 2020
A judge in St. Louis has kicked George Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner off the prosecution of Mark McCloskey because she used the case in fundraising emails.
Mark and his wife, Patricia, were charged with two felonies, unlawful use of a weapon and tampering with evidence, after they emerged on their porch with a pistol and an AR-15 to confront Black Lives Matter protesters on their private property in June. They have pleaded not guilty.
Garnder sent two fundraising emails in which she mentioned the case. The