Missouri Solicitor General D. John Sauer was the man who rounded up 17 Republican attorneys general to support the Texas claim that the electoral votes of four other states should be thrown out of the 2020 presidential tally. As important as that role was, Sauer is not well known to the public. His family, on the other hand, is. Sauer’s maternal grandfather, the … [Read more...] about D. John Sauer: Scion of a well-known and powerful St. Louis family
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News Analysis: Top Missouri politicians fuel political ambitions, campaign chests with election myths
Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley are filling campaign coffers and building poll numbers by embracing President Donald Trump’s myth about winning the 2020 election. Both led efforts to disqualify electors from swing states and reverse the election. Last month, Schmitt traveled to Mar-a-Lago and stood next to Trump while raising $1.6 million for his … [Read more...] about News Analysis: Top Missouri politicians fuel political ambitions, campaign chests with election myths
The road to Jan. 6 ran through St. Louis
Prominent Missouri Republican office holders and current or former St. Louis-based activists played key roles in trying to subvert the 2020 presidential election and in laying the groundwork for the Jan. 6 insurrection. The cast of characters included fist-raising Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, who may want to be president, and litigious Missouri Attorney … [Read more...] about The road to Jan. 6 ran through St. Louis