Josh Hawley Calls For Civil Rights Investigation Into Prosecutor Who Confiscated Weapons From St. Louis Couple

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is pushing the U.S. attorney general to investigate a Missouri prosecutor for civil rights violations for investigating a St. Louis couple that used guns to threaten protesters that had broken into a private neighborhood.

Hawley sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr urging him to take action against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. Gardner is investigating a St. Louis couple, Mark and Patricia McCloskey, for allegedly meeting protesters who broke into the McCloskeys’ gated community with a “violent assault.”