Gov. Greitens posts apology on Facebook after admitting to affair

Gov. Greitens has posted an apology on Facebook after admitting to an extramarital affair that happened in 2015.

“Much has now been written about this, and many of the assertions made have not been truthful and have proven extremely hurtful to Sheena, as well as to me. For us, the allegations that go so far beyond the facts have made this much more difficult,” Gov. Greitens says in the post.

To read the post in its entirety, look below:

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