“It concerns me that a form like this is being removed at a time when so many Missourians have deep concerns over public corruption issues in Jefferson City,” said Will Scharf, a Republican candidate for attorney general.
Chuck Hatfield, a Jefferson-City based attorney who is representing the company, said in a statement that the state’s decision was “illegal and unfounded.”
After being appointed in January, Andrew Bailey has shaped the Missouri attorney general’s office into his own battleground in the conservative culture wars.