Kim Gardner Pursues Nursing Amid Legal Battles.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who is facing legal battles and a growing number of prosecutors resigning from her office, is enrolled in a nursing program at St. Louis University. Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has issued several subpoenas to the school requesting documents relating to Gardner’s class schedule, her hours and participation in class, hours she may have worked at the school, surveillance camera footage, and relevant conversation between the circuit attorney and her instructors at SLU. Bailey cited Missouri statute 56.445, which requires the circuit attorney and their assistants “devote their entire time and energy to the discharge of their official duties.” Gardner's office released a statement saying that she believes the issues in the criminal justice system often relate to the broken healthcare system.