Probe involving St. Louis prosecutor’s office costs $400,000
Associated PressST. LOUIS — Taxpayers have been billed nearly $400,000 by the special prosecutor in a perjury investigation involving the St. Louis prosecutor’s office, and nearly half of that amount was used in court fights. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch obtained records showing that a judge has approved the $395,000 legal bill from Special Prosecutor Gerard Carmody’s law firm for work on the grand jury investigation of William Tisaby. Gardner’s office issued a statement calling the case against Tisaby weak and noting that “taxpayers are unfortunately left with bill for an overzealous investigation for an alleged crime against someone whose misstatements were immaterial to a case.” Legal costs involving Gardner’s office may rise further. In a separate investigation, retired Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Mike Bradley was tasked last month with reviewing evidence in Gardner’s 2018 complaints to police that Greitens’ defense lawyers threatened to ruin her political career if she refused to drop charges against the former governor.
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