Police: Auditor spokesman left note before apparent suicide
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Spence Jackson provided the official confirmation a month ago that his boss, Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, was dead from what police described as a self-inflicted gunshot wound.Schweich fatally shot himself at his home on Feb. 26, shortly after telling an Associated Press reporter he wanted to go public with allegations that the Missouri Republican Party chairman told people he was Jewish. Schweich, a Christian with Jewish ancestry, said he perceived the remarks to be part of an anti-Semitic whispering campaign against him ahead of his run for governor.
Jackson, who was Schweich's spokesman, was among the first to suggest that the GOP chairman, John Hancock, should resign. Hancock has denied making anti-Semitic remarks, but said he may have mistakenly told people last year that Schweich was Jewish. He remains chairman of the party, now roiled ahead of a 2016 election featuring races for U.S. Senate, governor and most of Missouri's other statewide executive offices.
"We're very aware of the political issues surrounding Mr. Schweich's death. And then within a month we have the death of his spokesperson," Shoemaker said Monday.He said Jefferson City investigators have reached out to police in Clayton, the St. Louis suburb where Schweich lived, but that his department wouldn't comment "or entertain questions that may link the deaths to a political issue, perceived or real."
*Rachel Maddow is covering this now. Very interesting*
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