Cindy Van Vreede 🌊

Ladies, never turn your back on a MAGAt. Meet MAGAt Justin Hicks @JustinHicksMO. A Republican attorney and former Missouri State Representative who ran for Congress, Hicks built his platform on conservative values while actively using his legislative power to hide his own past misconduct. In 2021, Hicks petitioned a judge to seal records from a 2010 domestic case. When his political primary rival, Max Calfo, uncovered and published the documents on a campaign website, Hicks weaponized his office. He sponsored a state law restricting public access to specific details in court records and filed a lawsuit against Calfo for releasing the files. The scheme failed: a circuit judge unsealed the lawsuit and the records, ruling there was no compelling justification to override the constitutional presumption of open court records. Later, a federal judge struck down portions of Hicks' law as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The uncovered 2010 St. Louis County court documents revealed a severe allegation of violence. A woman accused Hicks—who was 17 at the time and treated as an adult under Missouri law—of grabbing her by the neck and choking her. To resolve the case, Hicks agreed to a consent order that legally barred him from having any contact with the woman for one year. The order of protection expired in June 2011, and while no criminal charges were filed, the official judicial record of the choking allegation remains permanently exposed.