Spotlight Missouri AG faces coordinated, pro-China social media attacks over $24B COVID judgment Jason Hancock The Missouri Independent Dec 15, 2025 Dec 15, 2025 0 SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A week after Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced plans to as compensation for COVID-19, the online hate started pouring in.kAmkDA2? DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQmwF?5C65D @7 A@DED @? )[ 7@C>6C=J <?@H? 2D %H:EE6C[ :? =2E6 }@G6>36C 3682? BF6DE:@?:?8 E96 2EE@C?6J 86?6C2=’D 4@>A6E6?46 2?5 492C24E6C[ 9@?:?8 :? @? 96C 5676?D6 @7 |:DD@FC:’D 86CCJ>2?56C65 4@?8C6DD:@?2= >2A 2?5 4C24<5@H? @? :?E@I:42E:?8 96>A AC@5F4ED] k^DA2?mk^Am kAmkDA2? 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DEJ=6lQ7@?E\H6:89Ei c__jQmk6>mk2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>:DD@FC::?56A6?56?E]4@>Qm|:DD@FC: x?56A6?56?Ek^2m :D A2CE @7 $E2E6D }6HDC@@>[ 2 ?@?AC@7:E ?6HD ?6EH@C< DFAA@CE65 3J 8C2?ED 2?5 2 4@2=:E:@? @7 5@?@CD 2D 2 d_`4WbX AF3=:4 492C:EJ]k^6>mk^DA2?mk^Am Politics Missouri seeks go-ahead from feds to ID Chinese assets it can seize Jack Suntrup | Post-Dispatch , Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch Crime Missouri AG asks judge to change ruling and save 51ºÚÁÏ tax credits, county land bank Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch Crime Missouri AG bars Florida real estate firm from doing business here Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch Politics Pornhub shuts down in Missouri as state's age verification rule goes into effect Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch Crime Senate leader says Missouri attorney general should be disciplined over map lawsuit Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch Crime Suit alleges plot to sabotage referendum on gerrymandered Missouri congressional map Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Politics Missouri AG seeks budget boost to combat crypto scammers Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch See life in 51ºÚÁÏ the week of Dec. 7, 2025 through the Post-Dispatch photographers' lenses. Edited by Jenna Jones. Post-Dispatch Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. AP 0 Comments Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story China sues Missouri for $51 billion, demands apology for COVID judgment, AG says The Missouri attorney general said her office received notice last week that a suit had been filed in China against Missouri.
Politics Missouri seeks go-ahead from feds to ID Chinese assets it can seize Jack Suntrup | Post-Dispatch , Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch
Crime Missouri AG asks judge to change ruling and save 51ºÚÁÏ tax credits, county land bank Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch
Crime Missouri AG bars Florida real estate firm from doing business here Jacob Barker | Post-Dispatch
Politics Pornhub shuts down in Missouri as state's age verification rule goes into effect Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch
Crime Senate leader says Missouri attorney general should be disciplined over map lawsuit Kurt Erickson | Post-Dispatch
Crime Suit alleges plot to sabotage referendum on gerrymandered Missouri congressional map Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent
China sues Missouri for $51 billion, demands apology for COVID judgment, AG says The Missouri attorney general said her office received notice last week that a suit had been filed in China against Missouri.
