St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has reached an agreement with the Missouri Office of Disciplinary Counsel in which she acknowledges mistakes in her handling of the prosecution of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens but won’t face severe penalties for those mistakes, if the agreement is approved. The joint stipulation agreement (pdf) says Gardner, a Democrat who was ushered into office with support from billionaire George Soros, mishandled the case against Greitens, a Republican. In the agreement, Gardner concedes that she failed to produce documents and mistakenly maintained that all documents had been provided to Greitens’ lawyers in the 2018 criminal case. The agreement states that Gardner’s conduct “was negligent or perhaps reckless, but not intentional.” It calls for a written reprimand. A more severe punishment—suspension or disbarment—would likely cost Gardner her job because state law requires elected prosecutors to hold active law licenses. The panel would still need to …