Although the then-US Attorney for Missouri, Todd Graves, whom Schlozman later succeeded after Graves' forced resignation, claims to have refused to sign off on the lawsuit, the Complaint filed in the case was signed by both Graves and an Assistant U.S. Attorney from his office, in addition to Schlozman and Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim.
Although Todd Graves, the then-US Attorney for Missouri, who later succeeded Graves after being compelled to resign, maintains that he did not consent to sign off on the lawsuit, the Complaint filed in the case was actually signed by both Graves and an Assistant U.S. Attorney from his office, along with Schlozman and Assistant Attorney General Wan J. Kim.