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Nixa State Lawmaker Asked To Resign

Nixa State Lawmaker Asked To Resign

Nixa State Lawmaker Asked To Resign

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker indicted on federal fraud charges for falsely claiming a treatment she sold contained stem cells that could help with COVID-19 has been asked to resign.

The Missouri House speaker on Wednesday said fellow Republican Rep. Tricia Derges should step down after a federal grand jury indicted the Nixa legislator.

The 20-count indictment also accuses the 63-year-old of illegally providing prescription drugs to clients and making false statements to federal agents investigating the case.

Her defense attorney says Derges “hasn’t been convicted of a thing and she is presumed innocent.”

 

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