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Missouri Gov. Greitens charged with second felony - ABC News

posted onApril 21, 2018
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Article snippet: Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been charged with felony computer tampering related to his alleged use of a donor list from his veterans’ charity for his 2016 gubernatorial campaign, according to the state's attorney general. It’s the second felony charge the Missouri Republican is facing. Greitens also faces a felony charge related to accusations from his former mistress who alleges he bound her hands with tape, put a blindfold on her, took a partially nude photo of her and then threated to release the photo if she mentioned his name, according to a Missouri House committee report. That charge is for invasion of privacy for allegedly taking a partially or fully nude photo and "subsequently transmitted the image contained in the photograph in a manner that allowed access to that image via a computer." He faces a criminal trial on that charge on May 14. Greitens’ attorneys had made a motion to get those charges dismissed but a judge ruled on Thursday that case can proceed. The latest charge alleges Greitens obtained an electronic donor list without permission from The Mission Continues charity he founded and then used that list for political fundraising as he was preparing to run for the governorship. Greitens started the organization in 2007 but left it in 2014, before he ran for governor. The governor has denied all the allegations but he did pay a fine to the state ethics commission for not reporting the list as an in-kind contribution on camp... Link to the full article to read more

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