Second motion to dismiss filed in Greitens’ Confide app lawsuit

A second motion to dismiss was filed in Gov. Greitens’ Confide app lawsuit on Friday.

ABC 17 previously reported that two St. Louis attorneys filed a lawsuit against the governor’s office claiming he was skirting open record laws.

The app, which is on the personal phones of the Republican governor and multiple staffers, automatically deletes text messages after they are read. Confide also prevents capturing texts via screenshot or screen recording.

The first motion to dismiss was filed in February saying that the petition written by attorneys Mark Pedroli and Ben Sansone contained no factual allegations that the communications that were deleted from the app were defined as “records.”

Recently the two attorneys who filed the original lawsuit, dismissed it because of the Attorney Generals’ investigation into the Confide app revealed new information. The two filed a new petition, which caused Greitens’ attorneys to file a new motion to dismiss.

A hearing on the case is scheduled for April 6.