A former appointed official under Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins plans to file a whistleblower lawsuit alleging he was fired for reporting illegal and unethical conduct.
A news conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday to detail the allegations of Nicholas La Strada, who served as the secretary of state’s director of election integrity from January 2025 to May 2026.
An announcement for the news conference said La Strada “was fired for whistleblowing on illegal and unethical conduct within the secretary of state’s office, including a plan to fabricate evidence in a federal hearing and the decision to overturn a certified municipal election result.”
Anne Marie Moy, a spokesperson for Hoskins, said the office “won’t be able to provide a comment on pending litigations involving a personnel issue.”
La Strada is currently stationed overseas as an election observer in Bosnia and Herzegovina and won’t be present at the press conference, according to the release. Before joining the Secretary of State’s office, La Strada was the Pettis County Clerk between 2011 and 2025.
In a media release from January 2025, Hoskins said La Strada’s expertise would be “instrumental” to upholding election integrity.
“Missourians deserve elections that are secure, transparent, and reflective of their will. To this end, we are auditing voter rolls to ensure they are accurate and free of outdated entries,” Hoskins said. “I have also appointed a new Director of Election Integrity, Nick La...
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