Former Mo. House speaker exits Husch Blackwell

Former Missouri House Speaker John Diehl has resigned from Kansas City-based law firm Husch Blackwell LLP after working for a year as partner, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

The Republican from St. Louis suburb Town and Country told the Post-Dispatch he looked forward to providing legal and strategic advice via a new platform, but did not elaborate.  

Diehl resigned from the Missouri House of Representatives in May after sexually charged text messages between the legislative leader and a 19-year-old intern from Missouri Southern State University became public.

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