Missouri board moves to discipline Galloway for Hawley audit

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An accounting oversight board is trying to discipline Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway over a critical audit of Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley. The Board of Accountancy alleges that Galloway’s office violated privacy rights in an audit of Hawley during his time as state attorney general. Galloway is also a certified public accountant. The 2020 audit of Hawley includes interviews with some of his staff. The Board of Accountancy says the auditor can only disclose the finished audit reports and not other evidence. Galloway’s office has already sued the board for previously threatening to discipline her over the audit.