High Turnover in Kim Gardner's Office Continues with More Resignations and Contempt Hearings.

Two prosecutors, Chris Desilets and Alex Polta, have resigned from the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office, leaving only a few prosecutors to handle hundreds of serious violent felony cases in the city. The two have been involved in contempt proceedings against the office of Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who has faced escalating criticism in recent months over understaffing and organizational dysfunction. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed suit to remove Gardner from office, and a bill moving through the Missouri Legislature seeks to strip her of most of her power.