St. Louis County Executive Sam Page was indicted by a grand jury on elections-related charges brought by the Missouri Attorney General. The indictment was filed and released Wednesday.
The four charges, two misdemeanors and two felonies, stem from a controversial mailer sent by the Page administration earlier this year regarding a ballot measure which would've given the County Council more oversight over his appointment of employees. Page maintained the mailer was "informational" and not intended to sway voters one way or another.
The charges issued by the grand jury include two counts of the election offense of public funds expenditure by political subdivision officer, a count of stealing $25,000 or more, and a count of stealing $750 or more.
"The Missouri Constitution and our statutes are clear: public money must never be used for political campaigning," Attorney General Andrew Bailey said in a statement. "Any intentional misuse of taxpayer dollars in an attempt to rig the outcome of an election is illegal."
The circuit court indictment claims County Executive Page "purposely expended public funds on a flyer to advocate the defeat, or oppose the passage, of a ballot measure on the April 8th, 2025 ballot."
The indictment also alleges Page "appropriated postage of a value of at least $25,000" and "defendant appropriated such property from St. Louis County and with the purpose to deprive St. Louis County thereof by deceit in that the defendant represented to St. Louis County that such expenditure was authorized, which representation was false and known by defendant to be false and St. Louis County relied on the representation and was thereby induced to part with such property."
About an hour before the indictment was filed, KMOX reporter Sean Malone attempted to speak with County Executive Sam Page leaving an event.
"I want to ask you a few questions about the subpoena," KMOX asked.
"Call my attorney," Page responded.
KMOX News has put out multiple calls to the County Executive's attorney. We have not yet heard back.