Jason Hart

Served as the prosecuting Assistant U.S. Attorney on the federal crop-insurance fraud case against David L. Mongeau, 54, of Holcomb, Kansas, after a federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging him with two counts of making a false statement and 17 counts of bank fraud or attempted bank fraud over a crop loss claim on wheat he had sold but reported as ruined; the U.S. Department of Agriculture investigated.

November 26, 2025For

Source: kake.com · researched July 23, 2026

Was recognized as a Crime Victim's Rights Act Champion for his prosecution work and taught nationally for prosecutors; outside the courtroom he coached youth baseball for Blessed Sacrament and League 42, performed with Opera Kansas and Ballet Wichita, and with his wife Julia raised two sons while serving as guardian to three additional children. He grew up in Russell, Beloit, Wellington and Dodge City in a family that fostered children, and began his legal career in Dodge City handling adoption and child-welfare cases.

July 23, 2026

Source: hartforsenate.com · researched July 23, 2026

Worked for 16 years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Kansas, prosecuting child abuse, domestic violence, sex trafficking and complex multi-jurisdictional crimes, after earlier service in the Kansas Attorney General's Office and the Shawnee County District Attorney's Office and several years in private practice in Dodge City following his University of Kansas law degree; he resigned the federal prosecutor post in early March 2026.

March 24, 2026

Source: hppr.org · researched July 23, 2026

Sent an 1,800-word email to Noah Taylor, a Wichita Democrat and Army infantry veteran, urging Taylor to become his campaign treasurer rather than enter the U.S. Senate race, writing that Taylor's eight years of military service 'pales in comparison to my 25 years of service' and that 'I am highly motivated to beat the snot out of these guys. And I'm not particularly interested in anyone getting in my way as I do it.' Taylor entered the race anyway and publicly rebutted the remark about his service.

March 2, 2026

Source: hppr.org · researched July 23, 2026

Prosecuted, as the Assistant U.S. Attorney handling the case in the District of Kansas, the federal sexual-exploitation-of-a-child case against Clell Lacy, 78, of Wichita, who pleaded guilty to one count of production of child pornography after secretly recording two minor teenagers with closed-circuit devices and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison; the Wichita Police Department and Kansas Internet Crimes Against Children investigated.

July 28, 2025

Source: wibw.com · researched July 23, 2026