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Blunt, deleted e-mail, Eckersley, firing, Knust, resignation, Sunshine law
The case of the missing e-mails continues.
There was this little item in today’s Kansas City Star:
Across Missouri: Judge in Sunshine Law case resigns
Daniel Max Knust resigned Wednesday, two weeks after the former Webster County judge was appointed to help determine whether Gov. Matt Blunt’s administration violated the state Sunshine law.
In a letter to Attorney General Jay Nixon, Knust attributed his resignation to criticism leveled by Gov Matt Blunt’s office that questioned whether Knust, a Republican, was part of a Democratic witch hunt…
Jo Mannies in today’s St Louis Post-Dispatch:
New lead lawyer in email probe says he won’t rush to judgment
…Knust wrote in his resignation letter to Attorney General Jay Nixon, “I did not anticipate that my independence would be doubted by the Governor’s staff. My parents were devout Republicans, and I have held office for 28 years as a Republican…”
[The title of the article refers to the appointment of Chet Pleban to replace Knust]
The Missouri republican party website [Eeeew!] also aimed its wrath at Knust. [I’m not providing a link, just be thankful that I went there to read it so you don’t have to. Eeeew! Can’t get the bad taste out of my mouth. Uck.]
The moral of the story: If you do anything that makes Governor Matt “baby” Blunt look less than saintly he will release the hounds.