NEVER
NEVER DIE. THEY ARE BEING SOLD AROUND
SCHOOL AND PROCEEDS ARE GOING
TO THE FAMILY.
>>> IT'S A CHARGE PROSECUTORS
SAY ONLY ONE PERSON HAS EVER
FACED
FACED IN
FACED IN THE CITY BUT LYING UNDER OATH COULD COST4@ TAXPAYE
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS.
DOLLARS. >> WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
STEEP PRICE TAG OF A YEAR-LONG
PERJURY INVESTIGATION.
PERJURY INVESTIGATION. WE ARE AT CITY HALL WITH
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS.
NUMBERS. >> Reporter:4@ JUST TODAY 4@THE
WAS ANOTHER REQUEST FROM THE
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THIS ONE
IS FOR $244,000 TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO COVER 4@OUTSIDE
LEGAL EXPENSES AND THIS IS ALL
ON TOP OF WHAT THE TEAM HAS
ALREADY UNCOVERED.
ALREADY UNCOVERED. DOCUMENTS REVEALING THAT THIS4@
VERY RARE PERJURY INVESTIGATION
IS NOW APPROACHING HALF $1
MILLION.
MILLION.
MILLION. THAT IS A BILL 4@THE LOCAL
ATTORNEYS SAY 4@TAXPAYERS SHOUL
NOT HAVE TO 4@PAY.
>> 4@I THINK WE WILL ALL 4@BE
PICKING OUR JAWS UP OFF THE
FLOOR WHEN WE SEE THESE BILLS
THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN.
>> ST. LOUIS ATTORNEY DAN
EMERSON DOESN'T BELIEVE THE
ONLY OLD PHRASE YOU CAN'T4@ FIG
CITY HALL BECAUSE IN FACT 4@THA
IS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING.
>> WHEN I WAS FIRST APPROACHED
IT WAS A LITTLE HEAD SCRATCHING.
I WAS KIND OF PROUD OF CHARLIE,
FOR STEPPING UP 4@AND
UNDERSTANDING THAT HE IS GOING
TO BE THE FACE OF THE TAXPAYER
ON THIS4@4@.
ON THIS4@4@. >> EMERSON REPRESENTS RETIRED
POLICE OFFICER CHARLES LANE IN
A LAWSUIT RECENTLY FILED
AGAINST THE CITY AND CIRCUIT
ATTORNEY TIM GARDNER.
HE 4@IS TRYING TO STOP TAXPAYER
DOLLARS FROM BEING SPENT ON A
SPECIAL PROSECUTOR PERJURY
INVESTIGATION TARGETING
INVESTIGATION TARGETING GARDNER'S OFFICE.
GARDNER'S OFFICE. >> IT SEEMS LIKE 4@THERE'S AN
AWFUL LOT OF MONEY BEING SPENT
ON THESE OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS.
>> SOFAR RECORDS SHOW A QUARTER
OF $1 MILLION IS SET ASIDE FOR
THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S WORK 4@
AND INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN BY
COURT APPOINTMENT IN JUNE 2018,
OVER OBJECTIONS 4@FROM GARDENER
FOR HER PART 4@SHE HAS HIRED FI
OVER OBJECTIONS 4@FROM GARDENER FOR HER PART 4@SHE HAS HIRED FI@
OUTSIDE LAW FIRMS FOR HELP AND
CHALLENGING THE PERJURY
INVESTIGATION IN COURT AFTER
IT'S MOSTLY BEEN4@ UNSUCCESSFUL
CONTRACTS FOR THE FIRMS REVEALS
SOME ARE BILLING THE CITY MORE
THAN 500 DOLLARS AN HOUR NOT
INCLUDING4@ OTHER EXPENSES LIKE
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL. ANOTHER 80,000 WAS RECENTLY
TRANSFERRED FROM GARDENER
SALARY BUD4@GET TO COVER LEGAL
AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES4@. WE
LIKELY WILL NOT KNOW THE GRAND
TOTAL UNTIL THIS INVESTIGATION
IS OVER.
IS OVER.
IS OVER. LANE, CALLS THE NUMBERS HE'S
ALREADY SEEN4@ EXCESSIVE.
>> I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO
DENY LAW4@ WHERE LAW IS NEEDED.
WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO NEIMAN
MARCUS 4@EVERY TIME.4@
>> IS A LONGTIME TAXPAYER AND
CITY RESIDENT IT'S THE REASON
WHY HE SAYS HE FELT COMPELLED
TO TAKE HIS CONCERNS TO COURT.
>> 4@IT TELLS THE PEOPLE
REPRESENTING US THAT THEY HAVE
TO ACT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
>> LAST WEEK A 4@ST. LOUIS JUDG
AGREED ISSUING A 15 DAY
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
BARRING THE CITY AND GARDNER
FROM SPENDING ANY MORE TAX
DOLLARS ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL4@.
>> THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE
RESOURCES TO PLAY PRIVATE LAW
FIRMS ESPECIALLY ONE THAT HAS
ITS OWN LAW DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
PROBABLY BETWEEN 20 AND 30 AT
ATTORNEYS DRYING SALARIES.4@
>> THIS 4@WHOLE PERJURY 4@
INVESTIGATION STEMS FROM A
FORMER PI AGENT WHO4@ GARDENER
HIRED LAST YEAR TO HELP HER
OFFICE INVESTIGATE 4@ERIC GRADI@
SHE HAS EVERY AUTHORITY TO
ENTER INTO THESE CONTRACTS AND
NEEDS4@ THIS OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO
BECAUSE SHE SAYS THE CITY'S
ATTORNEY JULIAN BUSCH, HAS
REFUSED TO4@ REPRESENT HER.
>> Reporter: IF YOU'VE GOT A
TIP FOR4@ OUR TEAM YOU CAN CALL
THEM 314-444-5231 IF YO4@U WANT