GENERAL ANDREW BAILEY JOINS US
NOW FIRST FOR EXCLUSIVE
INTERVIEW.
ANDREW, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
LAY OUT THE CASE AGAINST
ATTORNEY GARDNER AND WHY YOU’RE
TRYING TO HAVE HER REMOVED FROM
OFFICE.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK THIS IS ABOUT THE RULE OF
LAW AND FINDING JUSTICE FOR
VICTIMS.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE
CIRCUIT ATTORNEY HAS WILLFULLY
NEGLECTED HER LEGAL OBLIGATIONS
IN OFFICE, DONE SO TO THE EXTENT
IT’S A VIOLATION OF LAW.
SHE HAS DONE THAT IN THREE
DIFFERENT WAYS.
NUMBER ONE SHE HAS FAILED TO
PROSECUTE PENDING CASES.
THOSE CASES ARE LANGUISHING ON
THE DOCKET.
EVENTUALLY BEING DISMISSED.
SECONDLY, SHE HAS FAILED TO
CONFER AND INFORM VICTIMS OF THE
PROCEDURAL POSTURE OF CASES THAT
THEY WERE A VICTIM IN.
ALSO FAILED TO NOTIFY THEM OF
THE ULTIMATE DISPOSITION OF
THOSE CASES.
AND THIRD, SHE HAS FAILED TO
FILE NEW CHARGES BROUGHT TO HER
BY THE ST. LOUIS METROPOLITAN
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS IS AN ABDICATION OF
AUTHORITY.
THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ATTEMPT TO,
ILLEGALLY, WILLFULLY NEGLECTING
HER LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND HER
MORAL OBLIGATIONS.
FOR US IT IS ABOUT RESTORING LAW
AND ORDER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE
CITY OF ST. LOUIS.
DAGEN: GENERAL, WHAT IS THE
PROCESS THAT YOU WILL GO THROUGH
IN YOUR EFFORT TO REMOVE HER
FROM OFFICE?
TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> WELL, YESTERDAY EVENING WE
GAVE HER UNTIL NOON TODAY TO DO
THE RIGHT THING AND RESIGN, TO
STEP ASIDE SO WE COULD RESTORE
LAW AND ORDER AND PROTECT THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.
SHE DECLINED TO DO SO.
SO 12:01 I FILED A WRIT, A LEGAL
MECHANISM, A PROCEDURE UNDER
MYSTERY LAW, GUIDED BY SUPREME
COURT RULING AND CASE LAW THAT
REMOVES AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM
OFFICE.
ESSENTIALLY THE STATE’S CHECK
AND BALANCE ON THIS VERY KIND OF
BEHAVIOR BECAUSE AT THE END OF
THE DAY, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
PEOPLES REPRESENTATIVES HAVE
SPOKEN PROVIDED A MECHANISM, A
SAFETY VALVE, A CHECK AND
BALANCE TO PREVENT THIS
ABDICATION OF AUTHORITY, THIS
ILLEGAL WILLFUL NEGLECT OF ONE’S
DUTIES.
SEAN: KIM GARDNER DISMISSED HER
CALL FORKER HAD TO RESIGN
EARLIER TODAY.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AS
OTHERS USED THIS UNFORTUNATE
INCIDENT AND TRAGIC HAPPENING TO
THIS YOUNG LADY AS A POLITICAL
STUNT OF AN UNELECTED INDIVIDUAL
WHO WANTS TO USE POLITICS TO
ONE, STOP THE VOICE OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN
VOTER SUPPRESSION WHICH WE’VE
SEEN ON A NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL
AS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI.
SEAN: HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO HER?
>> POLITICS DOESN’T ENTER INTO
THIS AT ALL INSTEAD OF
PROTECTING VICTIMS SHE IS
CREATING MORE VICTIMS BY HER
ILLEGAL REFUSAL TO DO HER JOB.
IF SHE WON’T DO HER JOB MY LEGAL
OBLIGATION IS TO HOLD HER
ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT IS
PRECISELY WHAT WE’RE GOING TO
DO.
DAGEN: WHAT DO YOU EXPECT A
RULING FROM THE JUDGE, OR
INITIAL FILING IN FROM THE TIME
OF THE COURT?
>> WELL OUR PLEADINGS HAVE BEEN
FILED.
WE’RE WAITING FOR A JUDGE TO BE
ASSIGNED.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT WILL HAPPEN
HOPEFULLY TOMORROW.
AS SOON AS WE GET A DATE FROM
THE JUDGE, WE INTEND TO GO TO
THE JUDGE, FILED A PROPOSED
ORDER TORE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL.
WE ANTICIPATE A HEARING.
WE BELIEVE THERE IS AN PELL
EVIDENCE TO DEMONSTRATE THE
CIRCUIT ATTORNEY IS WILLFULLY
NEGLECTING HER DUTIES AND DOING
IT ILLEGALLY AT THIS POINT.
THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS RESTORE
LAW AND ORDER, RIGHT THING TO
RESTORE THE JUSTICE IN THE CITY
OF ST. LOUIS AND FIND JUSTICE
FOR THE CITIZENS OF ST. LOUIS.
SEAN: I WAS A D.A. IN WISCONSIN.
WE HAD CLEAR LAWS HOW WE TREAT
VICTIMS, WHAT WE DO ABOUT THE
CASE AND PENDING AND DO YOU HAVE
LAWS SHE IS ACTUALLY BREACHING?
THERE IS NO GREATER FORCE COMING
DOWN ON A D.A., THEN VICTIMS WHO
DON’T INFORM THEM OF DISPOSITION
OF CASES.
>> YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
LOOK I COME FROM A PROSECUTOR’S
OFFICE.
I DEDICATED MY PROFESSIONAL
CAREER TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
I HAD TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH
DECISIONS BUT LET ME SAY THIS.
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IS
ABOUT WEIGHING THE EVIDENCE
PRESENTED WITHIN THE FOUR
CORNERS OF A POLICE REPORT TO
DETERMINE IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT
EVIDENCE TO FILE A CHARGE, WHAT
THE APPROPRIATE CHARGE IS, AND
ULTIMATELY WHAT THE DISPOSITION
IN THE CASE SHOULD BE.
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION IS NOT
ABOUT WILLFUL NEGLECT TO ENFORCE
THE LAWS AS WRITTEN.
SO THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY STATUTES
ON THE BOOKS AND VICTIMS IN THE
STATE OF MISSOURI HAVE
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AS WELL.
SHE IS VIOLATING THOSE BY HER
ILLEGAL, WILLFUL NEGLECT OF HER
OBLIGATIONS BOTH LEGAL AND MORAL
I WOULD POINT OUT.
DAGEN: BUT IS THE WHY NOW
GENERAL BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO JENA EDMONSON?
IS THE WHY NOW, BECAUSE THE
PEOPLE OF ST. LOUIS ARE ANGRY
ENOUGH TO GET BEHIND THIS
EFFORT, BEHIND YOUR EFFORT?
BECAUSE HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN
GOING ON?
HOW LONG HAVE THE VICTIMS BEEN
OVERLOOKED BY THIS CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY?
>> WELL, YES, THE VICTIMS HAVE
BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR TOO LONG.
THIS IS JUST THE MOST RECENT
EXAMPLE.
THIS ISN’T ABOUT ONE CASE BUT
THAT SINGULAR CASE IS AN
ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY.
MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT
TO THE VICTIM IN THAT CASE BUT
THIS IS ABOUT SEVERAL CASES.
WHAT WE HAVE CONTINUOUS PATTERN
OF BEHAVIOR OF FAILURE TO INFORM
VICTIMS OF THE DISPOSITION OF
THEIR CASES AND HEARING DATES
FOR THEIR CASES.
IT IS NEGLECT OF VICTIMS.
IT IS CREATING MORE VICTIMS.
SOMEBODY HAS TO PUT A STOP TO
IT.
THAT IS MY LEGAL AUTHORITY, THAT
IS MY LEGAL OBLIGATION.
WE’LL HOLD CIRCUIT ATTORNEY KIM
GARDNER ACCOUNTABLE AND PUT A