Mike Stuart has kept me busy since January documenting his atrocities. This one may be the worst. Here are the basics as explained earlier today by WV Metro News reporter Brad McElhinny:

The wife of a state trooper who was slain in the line of duty says a candidate for West Virginia attorney general has repeatedly used the details of the case for political gain.

Rachel Maynard says Mike Stuart, a state senator and former federal prosecutor who is running for attorney general, spoke publicly at least twice about details that weren’t yet public in the June 2, 2023, shooting death of her husband, Sgt. Cory Maynard.

She contends she reached out to Stuart to ask him to stop talking about her husband altogether, particularly in advance of a trial set for this coming Sept. 3. Rachel Maynard says she wound up being blocked from Stuart’s campaign social media.

"My children’s privacy, well-being and the trial integrity are all my concerns,” Rachel Maynard said.

More specifically:

“Hi,” she commented on one of Stuart’s Facebook posts earlier this spring. “I’ve asked you multiple times to stop posting about this as we are about to go to trial and you know very it should not be discussed in a public forum. Plus, I’ve asked for your help in privacy for our children’s sake as they are what’s most important right now. Stop using my husband as a political advertisement.”

Stuart did not stop. That brought a reaction from Mingo County’s Deputy Sheriff Association:

👀 Mingo County Deputy Sheriff Association publicly rescinded its endorsement of Sen. Mike Stuart, who is running for Attorney General. pic.twitter.com/5kqtxdmUld

— Amelia Knisely (@ameliaknisely) April 5, 2024

But Stuart could not let this go; he reacted earlier today by threatening the group:

Corruption in Mingo County? Nooo… 😱 Tell me it’s not so… That could never be… 😳

As Attorney General, rooting out corruption is a TOP priority. Too much corruption across WV! I’ll have to start somewhere… 🤔@WVGOP

— Mike Stuart (@MikeStuartWV) April 10, 2024

So, in addition to being a weasel, Stuart is also vindictive -- it's not hard to see why Donald Trump appointed him to head the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of West Virginia.

Mike Stuart takes us to a bizarre alternate reality in which Delegate Patrick McGeehan is soft on crime

Here is Stuart earlier this week:

My opponent for AG joined with an “all-star list” of liberal Dem sponsors on a massive liberal “soft of crime” bill that offered expungement for felonies.

We need to get tougher on crime- not softer. We can’t afford a “soft” approach. ⁦@WVGOP⁩ https://t.co/o4Yxz1EiK2

— Mike Stuart (@MikeStuartWV) April 6, 2024

Yes, without detailing the specifics of the legislation, Stuart accuses the sponsors of a bill from eight years ago as being “soft on crime.” If you click on the link in the post, you’re taken to the “Second Chance for Employment Act” from 2016 which allowed for “the expungement of certain felony convictions; setting forth the conditions; establishing a procedure; creating exceptions; and establishing its effect.” For Stuart’s purposes, his primary opponent, McCuskey, is listed as a sponsor along with Democrats and Republicans – most notably Patrick McGeehan, perhaps the absolute last delegate anyone would ever accuse of being soft on crime.

That this bill was supported by liberals such as Fluharty and conservatives such as McGeehan suggests to me that it was truly a bipartisan bill. Unfortunately, the bill died in committee. But like the request for silence by the trooper's wife in the previous story, the possibility that the legislation might be effective doesn’t occur to Stuart so long as he can use it to score political points.