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jpak

(41,760 posts)
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:18 PM Jan 2018

Greitens faces criminal investigation over allegations stemming from his affair

Source: stltoday.com

JEFFERSON CITY • St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner will launch a criminal investigation into accusations engulfing Gov. Eric Greitens, she announced Thursday afternoon.

Greitens’ acknowledgment Wednesday of an extramarital affair — and denial of possible blackmail — shook the GOP-controlled state capital on Thursday.

While GOP legislative leaders limited their statements to expressions of concern and requests that Greitens be honest about what happened, a bipartisan chorus of senators called on Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican, to investigate.

“The seriousness of this allegation and the implications it will have on the integrity of our state government are deeply disturbing,” their letter said.

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Greitens faces criminal investigation over allegations stemming from his affair (Original Post) jpak Jan 2018 OP
Governor Frightens needs to go UpInArms Jan 2018 #1
Good. Has affair takes risque picture of mistress for blackmail purposes. Can't make this shit up iluvtennis Jan 2018 #2
No question this should end samplegirl Jan 2018 #3
A man best known for shooting a rifle cojoel Jan 2018 #4
i assume kim gardner is a woman. mopinko Jan 2018 #5
Find the duct tape receipts bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #6
Greitens apologists are spreading the lie that he was a Democrat when this affair occurred. NBachers Jan 2018 #7

UpInArms

(51,291 posts)
1. Governor Frightens needs to go
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:20 PM
Jan 2018

He is a menace backed by dark money with an agenda to destroy Missouri.

NBachers

(17,186 posts)
7. Greitens apologists are spreading the lie that he was a Democrat when this affair occurred.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 01:52 PM
Jan 2018

If anyone needs ammo to refute this lie, here it is. I doubt the apologist liars are capable of acknowledging proof 'n' facts 'n' stuff, but it exposes their lies.

1. A quote from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch article dated January 11, 2018: "an affair that became physically intimate for the first time on the morning of March 21, 2015" http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/greitens-admits-affair-but-denies-allegation-he-blackmailed-woman-with/article_b5f28d4d-72bd-512c-870b-da7dc7cd1fe3.html

2. Supported by a quote from the previous paragraph of the same article: "he took a photo while she was bound, blindfolded and partly undressed during a sexual encounter at Greitens’ St. Louis home in March 2015. That was about a month after his first public statements confirming he was considering a political run."

3. A link to the Washington Free Beacon; it's the February 19th, 2015 issue: http://freebeacon.com/politics/the-great-jewish-hope/

4. The money quote statement from the Free Beacon article: "'I’m looking at something in the executive branch where I can lead and actually make a difference, governor or lieutenant governor,' he says.
He will run as a Republican"

5. He announced his run as a Republican in February 2015.

A. The affair started on March 21st 2015 and continued throughout 2015, as stated in the Post Dispatch article.

B. The "He will run as a Republican" quote from the Washington Free Beacon predates the affair and blackmail threat. Therefore, Greitens was definitely a republican, not a Democrat, when he committed this crime.

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