Intro: St. Louis County Democratic Representative John Bowman returned to the state Capitol Thursday for the first time since being indicted for bank and credit fraud. Micah (MIKE-ah) Wiener (WINE-er) reports from Jefferson City:
Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton said Thursday that he will not be making a decision regarding the future of Rep. John Bowman, D- St. Louis County, who was indicted this week on federal charges of felony bank and credit fraud. Jetton said the decision to remove Bowman from the powerful House Budget Committee will be left to Harris.
Intro: The day after news broke that Republican John Bowman is being federally indicted for credit fraud, fellow members of the House Budget Committee and black caucus members declined to speak on the matter.