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Jan. 29, 2019Jefferson City, MO |  By: AP

Court rules for Galloway

A judge has ruled that Missouri Auditor Nichole
Galloway did not violate the state's open records law after a conservative
nonprofit sought records from an audit of the Department of Revenue.

The Missouri Alliance for Freedom sued Galloway in May 2017, accusing her of
not releasing all the records required under the Sunshine Law.

Galloway's attorney noted during a trial in August that her office turned over
screenshots of some text messages, along with 45,000 pages of other
communications.

A central issue was the auditor's office use of iPhones that automatically
erase messages after 30 days. The Missouri Alliance for Freedom said that policy
violated the office's procedures for preserving records.

Cole County Judge Jon Beetem ruled Monday that the organization hadn't proven
the auditor's office either intentionally or mistakenly violated the Sunshine
Law.