@stevekraske Former Missouri Gov. Roger Wilson and a St. Louis lawyer were indicted on a federal misdemeanor charge late Wednesday for allegedly laundering campaign contributions to the Democratic party through a St. Louis law firm, the U.S. Attorney's office said Thursday morning.

State campaign finance records show that the contributions, $5,000 on Aug. 28, 2009, and $3,000 on Dec. 22, 2009, were from the Herzog Crebs law firm in St. Louis to the Missouri Democratic State Committee.

But Wednesday's indictment says that the $8,000 actually came from a state-created workers' compensation company, Columbia-based Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Co., and Wilson.