Endorsed by Trump Allies, Disgraced Former Missouri Governor Will Run for Senate
Former Gov. Eric Greitens delivers the keynote address at the St. Louis Area Police Chiefs Association 27th Annual Police Officer Memorial Prayer Breakfast on April 25, 2018, at the St. Charles Convention Center.
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Missouri has embarrassingly made international headlines several times as of late. In January 2018, then-Gov. Eric Greitensadmitted to having an affair and was subsequently probed for blackmail and assault. That February, he was formally charged. That April, a bipartisan report was released by the Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, which detailed graphic allegations against the former governor. This prompted Missouri’s then-Attorney General Josh Hawley to call on Greitens to “resign immediately.”