From Greitens' initial statement to calls for his resignation, read the Post-Dispatch coverage of the governor's affair scandal.
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Still outstanding are bills related to Gardner’s battle against the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate perjury allegations. Th…
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Attorneys declined to say how much the defense cost, but $588,000 had been spent as of July on legal fees just to defend the campaign against …
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Will Greitens, who resigned in June after being accused of sexual coercion and campaign finance violations, one day commission a painting of h…
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Former Gov. Eric Greitens spent more than $588,000 on legal fees in the final months of his scandal-plagued administration.
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Eugene G. Bernat is not an accidental tourist. The 33-year-old attorney from Boardman, Ohio, inserted himself into Missouri’s story of the yea…
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With a statute of limitations set to expire over the weekend, Baker said corroborating evidence for an invasion of privacy case stemming from …
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With significant questions still looming over the status of investigations into soon-to-resign Gov. Eric Greitens, legislative leaders turned …
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Political and National Editor Christopher Ave joins Political Reporter Kevin McDermott to discuss the resignation of Missouri Gov. Eric Greite…
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In hindsight, though, Greitens’ spectacular flame-out over the past five months, ending with his edge-of-tears announcement Tuesday that he is…
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So, from any woman who has been belittled, threatened, sexually coerced, humiliated or abused by a powerful man: Good riddance, governor.
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“The last few months have been incredibly difficult for me, for my family, for my team, for my friends, and many, many people that I love,” he…
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"The Court further finds and believes that time is of the essence and production should begin immediately and, absent good cause shown, said p…
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Hanaway, a former speaker of the Missouri House and a former U.S. attorney — one who was previously involved in the conviction of a Missouri s…
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But Madison County Sheriff’s Detective Sgt. Brian Koberna told the special House committee investigating whether to impeach the governor that …
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An attorney said the questions were designed to find out if her affair was consensual and see whether pornographic pictures of her existed.
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The Imperial representative met with Greitens for more than an hour in Kimmswick to discuss the allegations.
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Catherine Hanaway, attorney for Greitens, blasted the committee chair, saying he wanted to “divert attention” from revelations he received rec…
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Scott Faughn publishes The Missouri Times, a small newspaper and online service that caters to the state's political class said the money was …
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The implication, as outlined in testimony presented to a special House investigative committee on Tuesday, is that the affair that has brought…
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Gov. Eric Greitens is spending an estimated $185,000 on television ads that are expected to run across the state for the next two weeks.
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"In the other jurisdictions in which I have handled impeachments, the governor's office has never been shut out of the process like this," Gre…
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“I have no ill intentions other than not to be made out to be a liar,” the accuser said Monday in an interview with KSDK’s Casey Nolen. “I’m n…
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Baker has less than a month to make her decision under the statute of limitations, lawyers on both sides have said.
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The seven-member committee’s membership will expand to 10, because there’s “a whole lot of work to be done,” House Speaker Todd Richardson, R-…
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The treasurer's office is seeking "clarification" on the taxpayer-paid attorneys from the state Office of Administration, which is in charge o…
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"And for those few that may promote rumors and ‘fake news’, I have never donated, nor deposited, nor distributed, nor given any money whatsoev…
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In an online falling-out with an old friend, Sheena Greitens chides her for writing a British magazine article that appears to “equate my husb…
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Following their 6 p.m. adjournment, the House and Senate quickly pivoted to the special session, but they took no action before sending lawmak…
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“The Office of the Governor lacks authority to retain private counsel to participate in connection with any adversarial proceeding without the…
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"Sir, sir, I so appreciate you taking the time to come out," he told a Post-Dispatch reporter as he stopped to hug a supporter.
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Forces outside her control — including her ex-husband — conspired to bring the story forward regardless of what it would do to her life.
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A police spokeswoman said in an email Tuesday that the department would open an investigation after officers met with Greitens' defense lawyer…
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“If the governor refuses to testify, and I hope that’s not the case, are you going to accuse the committee of being unfair?” Barnes asked the …
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It was largely Gardner’s choice of Tisaby — who was recommended to the office by a former FBI investigator, Gardner’s spokeswoman said — her m…
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An attorney said in a statement that the defense planned to file a police report that private investigator William Don Tisaby lied under oath …
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A lawyer for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Monday morning that prosecutors had ended their efforts to find a photo of the woman at the cent…
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During the two months between signing the reserve agreement and backing out of it, Greitens embarked on his extramarital affair.
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It’s a high-stakes criminal trial that may hold even greater political consequences for the governor and the elected St. Louis prosecutor, reg…
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Investigators found no evidence that a picture was deleted on the day that Greitens and the woman had their sexual encounter, according to cou…
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“The notion of disciplining a governor is an extraordinarily significant and rare thing and any process that is used to evaluate that has to b…
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Greitens is in the courtroom, for the first time after months of hearings to discuss pre-trial motions.
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The rulings came during a hearing considering last-minute filings in the trial on a felony invasion of privacy charge.
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Political and National Editor Christopher Ave and courts reporter Joel Currier discuss Gov. Eric Greitens' trial on an invasion of privacy cha…
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The phone and email data, as well as information associated with another phone number, were being examined as part of Greitens’ felony invasio…
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A spokesman for the embattled Republican said his absence from the capital city will be little different than when the governor is out of town…
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The panel of judges charged with deciding whether to formally remove him from office could take several weeks longer to conduct a trial, accor…
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In response to serious questions about his actions, the governor has surrounded himself with some of the very people he formerly claimed to loathe
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“The front page of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has consistently presented an overwhelmingly one-sided, negative portrayal of this case ...” th…
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In the House, 16 Republicans and seven Democrats, including several from the St. Louis area, were holdouts.
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The timing of those two acts — a move to impeach a governor who ran on a platform to fix the culture of corruption in Jefferson City that turn…
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A count was underway in the Senate Thursday afternoon. Senators were meeting behind closed doors to discuss the matter.
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The judge said he would consider a request for audio equipment and still photography after a lawyer for the media asked him to reconsider.
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Attorneys for Gov. Eric Greitens have filed a wide-ranging series of motions seeking to exclude witnesses and evidence from his upcoming trial…
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Several lawmakers declined to comment on their silence Monday and Tuesday. A few said that they wanted to hear more evidence before passing ju…
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Last fall, Faughn went ballistic over Greitens' plan to reform the tax-credit handout scheme. He was standing up for his funders, including St…
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Watkins' lawyer said in court Monday that Watkins doesn't know the original source or sources of the money, only that Faughn delivered the fir…
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“The committee does not find anything in the Circuit Attorney interview that causes it to change its statement regarding Witness 1’s credibili…
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Faughn, in a 16-minute broadcast on social media Monday, said that he had hired Watkins while he was conducting "research" on Greitens for a b…
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Greitens' defense lawyer Jim Martin said the defense intends to ask that all testimony the woman and her friend, who were interviewed by forme…
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The governor has many enemies — most of his own making — and they are celebrating his demise. Some of them, the evidence suggests, are just re…
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The high court's decision Saturday follows the woman's request Friday to block an order requiring her phone to be examined by a court-appointe…
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Attorneys representing the House said lawyers for the woman and St. Louis prosecutor's office have agreed to comply with the subpoena but Grei…
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"I think that's a relevant inquiry," Burlison told lawyers toward the end of an hour-long hearing Friday. "The answer to that question needs t…
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A special session can be called if three-fourths of the members in each chamber sign a petition calling them back to the capital city.
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Rosenblum accused Tisaby of a series of violations that affected the criminal case against Greitens.
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"There is a strong, silent majority of people throughout the state" who support police even in controversial circumstances, the Republican gov…
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"Chiefs, Are you sure you want a guy currently charged with a felony as your guest speaker?" wrote a spokesman for the county prosector. "That…
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The spokeswoman said Pence now must be in Washington on May 9 for a cabinet meeting and Latin America Policy Lunch with the Council of the Ame…
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Al Watkins said that he had received a subpoena from the House committee requesting him to appear during the first week of May.
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One of Greitens' lawyers claimed the source of the fund was a “political operative,” but provided no evidence. Watkins said his office receive…
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Greitens said the conservative agenda he brought to Jefferson City had been met with opposition.
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Behind the veneer of goodness was something else: an astounding sense of hubris and hypocrisy.
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Burlison said the prosecutor's office had committed "sanctionable" violations of rules that defendants have "procedural justice."
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The regular session ends May 18. Richardson said he wouldn't push for a vote on any disciplinary action until the committee's work was complete.
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“It doesn’t surprise me, and in some ways it is depressing that we have gotten to this point that there is so much chaos in the White House th…
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“So they’re really just trying to get information about how much support the governor has in the Legislature, and how much he has, kind of, st…
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“When leaders lose the ability to effectively lead our state, the right thing to do is step aside. In our view, the time has come for the gove…
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The state Constitution requires that three-fourths of the members in each chamber sign on in order for a special session to be called.
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By embracing the worst of the ethical failings of Missouri’s political system, Greitens brought those who are often diametrically opposed toge…
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Missouri lawmakers considering whether to impeach Republican Gov. Eric Greitens may first have to wrestle with an unprecedented question: Does…
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The governor's spokesman says the dark cloud over the Republican’s administration is not affecting day-to-day oversight of state government.
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After new complaints by defense lawyers that prosecutors had been withholding information, a St. Louis judge said he would rule Thursday on th…
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“Events like the #MeToo movement have sensitized all of us to issues of violence against women,” says Penny Weiss, a political science profess…
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“It is certainly something that is very concerning and something that we are taking very seriously,” Sanders said at the daily White House briefing.
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Cornered politically on salacious allegations, Trump and Greitens have fallen back to the same “witch hunt” defense.
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Greitens’ problems are threatening to derail action in the House and the Senate in the final weeks of the legislative session.
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Gardner also says his error, along with defense claims he perjured himself or that she withheld evidence, doesn’t undermine the crux of the fe…
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It’s a common way abusers try to discredit and tear down a sexual assault victim: Why did she return after suffering an attack?
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In a statement issued Thursday, Joplin businessman David Humphreys said he was deeply disappointed by the actions of the governor described in…
