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Deposition revives scrutiny of Gardner administration
Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner was deposed by state legal ethics investigators as part of a disciplinary inquiry into allegations she misused public funds, according to transcripts recently unsealed by St. Louis Magazine.
The March deposition focused on accusations that Gardner improperly used taxpayer money from her office’s contingent fund to reimburse herself for fines and court costs tied to a Missouri Supreme Court reprimand over her office’s troubled 2018 prosecution of former Gov. Eric Greitens…