The reason Blanche won't drop slush fund The acting attorney general made $10 million as the president’s defense attorney Salon · Jul 31
January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal process Federal Tort Claims Act, over which DoJ has total discretion, provides workaround to Trump’s $1.8bn slush fund The Guardian - US · Jun 17
Trump Allies Are Already Applying for Compensation From The $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund President Donald Trump's allies are already lining up to seek money from his administration's new $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund," according to a new report. International Business Times · May 21
Jan 6 rioters now want compensation after being pardoned by Trump Lawyer representing rioters pushing plan for panel to award damages to rioters who stormed U.S. Capitol The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2025
Records expunged for St. Louis couple who waved guns at protesters. They want their guns back A judge has expunged the misdemeanor convictions of a St. Louis couple who waved guns at racial injustice protesters outside their mansion in 2020 The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2024
Mark McCloskey, Pardoned for Brandishing Guns at Protesters, Can't Get the Guns Back From today's Missouri Court of Appeals decision in McCloskey v. State, written by Judge James M. Dowd and joined by Judges John P. Torbitzky and Michael S. Wright: This appeal arises out of a petition for replevin in which appellant Mark McCloskey sought the return of two firearms that police… Reason · Dec 26, 2023
Judge: Gun-waving lawyer shouldn't get guns or money back A Missouri judge has ruled that the St. Louis lawyer who gained national attention for waving guns at racial injustice protesters in 2020 should not get back the weapons he and his wife surrendered or the fines they paid when they pleaded guilty last year The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022
Missouri man who pointed gun at BLM protesters gets just 3% of vote in GOP Senate primary Mark McCloskey finished in fifth place with fewer than 20,000 votes The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2022
Lucas Kunce: ‘Populism is about everyday people coming together’ Former US Marine with a progressive take on identity and masculinity hopes Missouri Democrats will pick him as their nominee for US Senate The Guardian - US · Jul 31, 2022
FEC data shows Schmitt leading in fundraising, Hartzler in spending in Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senate primary Based on figures released this month by the Federal Election Commission, five candidates in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Missouri have raised at least $1 million. Their fundraising totals were as follows: Ballotpedia · Jul 29, 2022
Vanilla Ice did not OK use of image in McCloskey Senate campaign ad, managers say Vanilla Ice wants his fans to know that he is not affiliated with long-shot Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey after a political ad featuring the artist’s name and photograph was promoted by the campaign on Thursday. Tribune News Service · Jul 29, 2022
Missouri politics awash with firearms as Greitens, rivals provoke with ‘hardcore’ gun ads As mass shootings grip the country with lethal regularity, Missouri politics is swimming in firearms. McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 12, 2022
High court won't hear appeal over McCloskeys' law licenses The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the husband-and-wife attorneys whose law licenses were placed on probation for pointing guns at racial injustice protesters outside their St. Louis mansion in 2020 The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022
McCloskey reacts after court says he can’t complete community service with right wing group KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court this week rejected Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife’s request to give free legal services to the right-wing organization Project Veritas as a condition of their probation. Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022
The Independent UK · May 19, 2022 Court says McCloskeys can't advise right-wing group for free The Missouri Supreme Court has denied a request by U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey and his wife to give free legal advice to a conservative activist group as a condition of their professional probation, but he says he’ll try to find another right-wing organization to represent
Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2022 Missouri Senate candidate Mark McCloskey disciplined by state Supreme Court after gun-waving incident KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday disciplined Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey, the lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in a widely publicized gun-waving incident during a police brutality protest in June 2020.
The Independent UK · Feb 8, 2022 Gun-waving St. Louis couple placed on probation as lawyers The Missouri Supreme Court has put a St. Louis couple who gained national attention for waving guns at racial injustice protesters on probation as attorneys
Tribune News Service · Feb 1, 2022 Missouri prosecutors criticize immunity for shooters bill as 'Make Murder Legal Act' JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri lawmaker wants to expand the state's self-defense law to grant wide latitude to shooters who claim they killed because they were in danger.