Jones’ trial was scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Monday, but by 10:30 a.m., no one from the Circuit Attorney’s Office showed up to Judge Scott Millikan’s courtroom.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner may be held in criminal contempt following her team's failure to show up in court against Jonathon Jones, 18, who is accused of fatally shooting a man in 2021.
A St. Louis jury found Stanley Barge not guilty Wednesday of murder – a case tried by an assistant circuit attorney assigned to the case just two days before.
Soros-backed prosecutor could be held in contempt after team fails to show at murder trial, Gardner was among the first prosecutors bankrolled by Democratic mega-donor Soros in 2016 and then again during her re-election campaign in 2020,
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is fighting for her job as Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is pushing an effort to remove the liberal, George Soros-backed prosecutor from her job.