Embattled Governor Greitens resigns amid legal troubles
The Governor of Missouri has resigned after a months-long legal battle about an invasion of privacy case and fraud involving his non-profits.
On Feb. 22, Governor Greitens was indicted by a Grand Jury on a felony charge of invasion of personal privacy after he allegedly took a semi-nude photograph of his former mistress. In later testimony, the mistress said some of the governor’s sexual advances were unwanted. Those charges were dropped this month, but a special prosecutor out of Jackson County is on the case and examining whether to bring them again.
ABC 17 previously reported on the Governor’s computer tampering charge. By cross-referencing the names on the TMC list with Greitens campaign donors, the campaign raised nearly $2 million from people or organizations on the TMC list.
Around November 2016, an ethics complaint was filed against Greitens and Greitens for Missouri for failure to report the TMC list as an in-kind donation.
In a later filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission, Greitens and his campaign admitted that the campaign used the TMC list for fundraising purposes.
Documents and testimony from Michael Hafner, former Greitens’ campaign worker and Krystal Proctor, former executive assistant to Greitens, established that Greitens used prospective donor call lists that included information taken from the TMC list.
On Tuesday, a Cole County judge ordered two groups to turn over documents in a case involving the governor. The special house committee considering his impeachment sued those groups when they wouldn’t turn over the documents. Lawyers for A New Missouri, Inc. and Greitens for Missouri argued last week that both organizations shouldn’t have to present documents.
ABC 17 has also confirmed that Lt. Gov. Parson is on his way to Jefferson City.
