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Eric Greitens. Eric Robert Greitens ( / ˈɡraɪtənz / 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.
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- Republican (since 2015)
- 2001–2021
May 17, 2018 · In 2016, before Greitens was elected, a group of mostly anonymous current and former SEAL s tried to sound the alarm about why they thought he was unfit for office. “What we were afraid of is ...
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May 15, 2018 · Mr. Greitens, 44, is a first-term governor who swept into office in January 2017 as a political outsider with a background that made fellow Republicans gush. He was a decorated Navy SEAL who ...
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While a number of powerful Republicans were aligned against Greitens, there was still one figure who could have given his campaign a huge GOP primary boost: Trump. This spring, McDaniel and Scott went to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to meet with the former president. The three talked about the 2022 electoral landscape — and McDaniel and Scott took the...
In early May, David Polyansky, a strategist for a super PAC supporting Schmitt, flew to St. Louis to meet with Busch, the former brewing company executive. The 85-year-old had been a major contributor to Greitens’ 2016 gubernatorial campaign — but like many one-time backers, he was no longer a fan and wanted to see Greitens lose his Senate bid. But...
From his office in downtown Washington, Steven Law, who runs the McConnell-aligned super PAC Senate Leadership Fund, saw a Greitens nomination as potentially cataclysmic for the party. He recalled that in 2012 a similarly tarnished GOP nominee, Todd Akin, had lost a Missouri Senate race, and he was aware that the state had a history of ticket-split...
In late July, Greitens connected by phone with Trump and made his final pitch. During the conversation, according to one person briefed on the call, Trump asked him, among other things, what his poll numbers looked like and how he would respond to criticisms over his past. The fight for Trump’s endorsement would reach a climax during the final week...
Jul 28, 2022 · By Blake Hounshell. July 28, 2022. If Eric Greitens, a retired Navy SEAL and former Rhodes scholar who resigned in disgrace four years ago as governor of Missouri, loses his bid for a Senate seat ...
Mar 23, 2021 · By Ben Kamisar. 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 ...
Apr 29, 2022 · Then-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is seen on May 17, 2018. The scandal-plagued Republican is now seeking the GOP nomination for the state's upcoming U.S. Senate primary. Several notable U.S. Senate ...
