Prosecutors drop invasion-of-privacy charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens

[Calista241]

Source: CBS News

Prosecutors have dropped an invasion-of-privacy charge against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, but said they will still pursue a case against him for allegedly taking a revealing picture of a woman with whom he has confirmed having an affair. Assistant St. Louis Circuit Attorney Ronald Sullivan made the surprise announcement Monday in court after the third day of jury selection in Greitens' trial.

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Sullivan cited the fact that Greitens' defense attorneys planned to call the St. Louis circuit attorney, Kim Gardner, as a witness and whose handling of the case has been under constant criticism by Greitens attorneys.

Greitens' defense team has particularly focused on the prosecutor's hiring of a private investigator, William Tisaby, whom Greitens' lawyers have accused of perjury.

"The court's order places the Circuit Attorney in the impossible position of being a witness, subject to cross-examination," including by her own subordinates, Gardner spokeswoman Susan Ryan said in a statement.

It "leaves the Circuit Attorney no adequate means of proceeding with this trial," Ryan said. "Therefore, the court has left the Circuit Attorney with no other legal option than to dismiss and refile this matter."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/missouri-governor-eric-greitens-prosecutors-drop-invasion-of-privacy-charge-today-2018-05-14/

[hlthe2b]

1. They will refile with Special Prosecutor.. this was in response to a defense stunt...

I think CBS News' title is needlessly misleading.

[Calista241]

2. The article leaves the special prosecutor option somewhat ambiguous.

She said a decision will be made later to either seek a special prosecutor or appoint one of Gardner's assistants to proceed.

Are the Repubs fucking lucky or what?

[hlthe2b]

3. This article states she (circuit attorney) asked court to assign special prosecutor to refile

The prosecutor dropped the felony charge against Greitens after the judge in the case ruled that the defense would be allowed to call Gardner to the witness stand. The circuit attorney’s office asked the court to assign a special prosecutor to refile the charges against the governor, which stem from accusations Greitens’ former mistress has made against him.

“When the court and the defense team put the state in the impossible position of choosing between her professional obligations and the pursuit of justice, the Circuit Attorney will always choose the pursuit of justice,” Gardner’s office wrote in a statement. “The court’s order leaves the Circuit Attorney no adequate means of proceeding with this trial. Therefore, the court has left the Circuit Attorney with no other legal option than to dismiss and refile this matter.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/eric-greitens-charges-dropped-st-louis-prosecutor_us_5afa04aee4b0200bcab80812

[Rebl2]

4. That's not the

only thing he has been indicted for. He knowingly used a list of donors from his charity to raise money for his election which is illegal. Could face prison time I think if found guilty. I have found it interesting how so many Republicans in the statehouse are still working to impeach him.

[Canoe52]

6. If he had been just caught with a hooker he would still be their hero,

but this had too much of a yuck factor even for them.

Diapers and hookers - good

Non consensual pictures and bondage - not good

It’s on page two of the republican manifesto.

[7962]

5. This guy is a creeper. nt