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Eric Robert Greitens (/ ˈ ɡ r aɪ t ə n z / GRY-tənz; [2] born April 10, 1974) is an American former politician who was the 56th governor of Missouri from January 2017 until June 2018. He resigned that month amid allegations of sexual assault and campaign finance impropriety.
Mar 23, 2021 · Former Missouri Republican Gov. Eric Greitens, who resigned in 2018 amid sexual misconduct and campaign finance allegations, announced Monday that he is running for Senate next year.
- Ben Kamisar
- National Politics Reporter
Jul 25, 2023 · Eric Greitens, the disgraced former Missouri governor whose Senate campaign cratered last year under allegations of domestic abuse, tip-toed back onto the political stage this week with a column for a pro-Trump news site declaring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential hopes dead.
Jul 27, 2022 · Eric Greitens went dark after resigning as governor of Missouri in 2018 until he stepped back into public view with this post on Facebook one year, eight months and 13 days after his...
- Daniel Desrochers
- Veterans’ Charity
- Sexual Misconduct
- Campaign Activities
- Book Grant
- Text Messages
Greitens faces a felony charge of tampering with computer data for allegedly disclosing to his political fundraiser a list of top donors to a veterans charity he founded, The Mission Continues, without the charity’s permission. The charge says the incident occurred in April 2015. The Associated Press first reported in October 2016 — a month before ...
On May 14, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner abruptly dropped a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against Greitens alleging that he took a photo of an at least partially nude woman without her consent in March 2015 and transmitted it in a way that could be accessed by a computer. Gardner said the charge could be refiled. The woman, who is Grei...
A judge on Tuesday ordered a secretive group supportive of Greitens, A New Missouri, to turn over documents subpoenaed by a Missouri House committee considering whether to try to impeach the governor. The committee said it was looking into whether Greitens used the A New Missouri to circumvent Missouri’s campaign finance disclosure laws. A lawyer f...
Washington University in St. Louis said this month that it is reviewing whether Greitens improperly used the grant funding he received to write and promote his 2015 book, “Resilience.” The university served as the administrator for a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The foundation’s grant agreement prohibits using funds “to influence the o...
A lawsuit against Greitens in Cole County alleges he violated the state’s open records law while using a cellphone app that automatically deletes messages after they are read. The Confide app prevents recipients from saving, forwarding, printing or taking screenshots of messages. Hawley also launched an investigation last year after The Kansas City...
May 15, 2018 · A special prosecutor announced on Friday that she will not refile a felony charge against the former Missouri governor. Mr. Greitens stepped down on June 1.
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Mar 21, 2022 · Some GOP members of Congress are calling on fellow Republican and former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to drop out of his Senate race following accusations of physical abuse by his ex-wife, Sheena Greitens.
