Judge Accuses No-Show Missouri Prosecutor of Contempt, Calls Office ‘A Rudderless Ship of Chaos’

A Missouri judge is advancing an “indirect criminal contempt” allegation against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and one of her assistants.
On April 27, Circuit Judge Michael Noble conducted a 30-minute hearing to address why Gardner and Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Desilets failed to attend two proceedings in a case involving the wounding of an 11-year-old girl.
After finding “sufficient evidence of disdain and disrespect for the judicial process,” Noble said he would appoint a special prosecutor to the case in Missouri Circuit Court for the 22nd District.
During the hearing, which was broadcast live via KMOV-TV, Noble also declared: “The circuit attorney’s office appears to be a rudderless ship of chaos.”…}