Judge OKs Legal Settlement for MO Governor's E-mails

A judge approved a legal settlement Monday that requires outgoing Gov. Matt Blunt to give thousands of e-mails to investigators but leaves unresolved the question of whether Blunt’s office violated public records laws.

A bipartisan pair of court-appointed assistant attorneys general said they believe Blunt’s office broke Missouri law by deleting e-mails that should have been saved as public records.

“Clearly, based upon the evidence that was presented, there were violations” of the document-retention and public-records laws, one of those attorneys, former Democratic Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell, said after a court hearing.

Read more at The Joplin Globe.