Jul 22, 2008
Story Timeline: 80 days
It doesn't come as a shock that the Missouri GOP has ripped Attorney General Jay Nixon again for his policy on e-mails and for his decision to seek a special assistant attorney general to pursue the e-mail allegations against Gov. Matt Blunt. A news release from the state GOP says:After Cole County’s Circuit Judge Callahan dismissed the sham of a lawsuit filed by Nixon’s political attack machine, Nixon decided that he has not wasted enough of Missourians’ taxpayer dollars. On Friday, he asked the court to allow him to continue this charade of an independent investigation by appointing a Special Assistant Attorney General. “Jay Nixon’s actions confirm what we have been saying – this is a politically motivated witch-hunt orchestrated by Nixon,” said Tina Hervey, communications Director of the Missouri Republican Party. “Nixon’s...
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