JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An ethics panel says there’s reason to believe that former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens broke the law over how his campaign reported a donor list it obtained from a charity he founded. But the Missouri Ethics Commission director in a Friday letter wrote that the local prosecutor won’t press charges.…
By DAVID A. LIEB , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor said Friday that he won’t be filing any charges against Gov. Eric Greitens for the way his campaign reported the receipt of a charity donor list used for political fundraising. The decision by Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson marked a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A campaign attorney for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is suggesting a former aide took a donor list of a veterans’ charity and shared it with a political group opposing Greitens. The allegation made Thursday by attorney Catherine Hanaway seeks to turn around allegations that Greitens used a donor list of…
By DAVID A. LIEB, SUMMER BALLENTINE and BLAKE NELSON , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former campaign aide to Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens testified that he was duped into taking the fall when the governor’s campaign was trying to explain how it had gotten a list of top donors to a veterans’…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say they will seek to disqualify prosecutors in the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office from a felony case involving the governor’s use of a charity donor list for his 2016 political campaign. Greitens was indicted in February on invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley says his investigation into a veterans charity founded by Gov. Eric Greitens revealed evidence that Greitens’ use of the charity’s donor list broke the law. Hawley said Tuesday that it’s up to the St. Louis prosecutor to decide whether to charge Greitens with a crime.…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Friday said his office has issued 15 subpoenas as part of an investigation into a veterans charity founded by indicted Republican Gov. Eric Greitens. Republican Hawley — who is challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race with national…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis’ top prosecutor is asking a judge to disqualify the law firm representing Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in his criminal case. In a court filing Friday, Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says the Dowd Bennett law firm simultaneously worked both for and against the state. Greitens was indicted by a…