Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft launches investigation into Josh Hawley
Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has launched an investigation into the way Attorney General Josh Hawley ran the office, Ashcrofts deputy general counsel wrote to a Democratic-allied group Thursday.
The American Democracy Legal Fund wrote to Ashcroft on Nov. 2, days before the midterm elections, alleging that Hawley may have used public funds as Attorney General to support his candidacy for U.S. Senate.
The complaint came after the Kansas City Star reported on Oct. 31 that political advisers who would run Hawleys U.S. Senate campaign also directed taxpayer-funded staff, confusing the attorney general offices chain of command.
Read more: https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-secretary-of-state-ashcroft-launches-investigation-into-josh-hawley/article_2096c131-875b-5820-982f-5105c1eb988c.html
More at link.
Luciferous
(6,079 posts)Gore1FL
(21,132 posts)KCDebbie
(664 posts)I'm hoping that Missouri can nominate a real Den to run against him 2022 and not another Claire McCaskill type Democrat who spends their term as a Dem chasing after Republican votes!
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)lostnfound
(16,179 posts)Evan McMullin seems to have some integrity.
Cant think of any others.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)KCDebbie
(664 posts)Race to a deadman) is a Republican that assumed would provide cover for a fellow republican.
Hawley was under fire for slow-walking the investigation into accusations that our previous Governor was extorting silence from the victim of his sexual abuse...
Also, there were charges that he used funds from a charity for veterans...
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)UpInArms
(51,284 posts)eom
Judi Lynn
(160,530 posts)He also has his dad's name to honor, if that's realistic.
salin
(48,955 posts)Reading the name I checked and found this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft#Personal_life
We are getting so used to marching in line by the GOP to protect the GOP regardless of the egregiousness of the act.
Is this going back to an era when pursuing legitimate charges regardless of party? Or the onsent of a party-line "clearing" of the record?
Cynical self says the latter. But is there a small chance that it is the former?
Would love Missourian's read on this.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)getting a rep as another "you can't vote"..kris kobach
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)For exposure
Scruffy1
(3,256 posts)This is not to say he isn't honest, but he is a politician. Sound like a great deal to me. If he skewers Hawley he can get a lot of publicity and run for higher office without people questioning his honesy.