FIRST ON FOX - Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey fired embattled Democratic St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Thursday after she refused to resign following a weekend accident involving a repeat offender who was free despite several violations of his bond terms.
The AG's office is in the process of filing a petition quo warrantor, which is the legal mechanism under state statute that allows the Attorney General to remove a prosecutor who is neglectful in her duties.
"This is about a quantum of evidence that demonstrates her failure to prosecute cases, failure to inform and confer with victims in cases and failure to file new cases that are referred by law enforcement agencies," Bailey told Fox News Digital in an interview.
"I'm a former prosecutor. I've worked in a county prosecutor's office, and what motivated me every day was the rule of law and finding justice for victims. And rather than finding justice for victims and protecting victims, the circuit attorney of the city of St. Louis was creating new victims. And someone's got to hold her accountable and that's that's why we're moving forward with our quo warranto," he said.
On Wednesday, Bailey gave Gardner an ultimatum
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