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Message-Destroying App Didnt Violate Sunshine Law
July 8, 2019 at 10:26 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2019/07/08/message-destroying-app-didnt-violate-sunshine-law/
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A circuit court judge in Missouri ruled Monday that Republican former governor Eric Greitens did not violate the states Sunshine Law which guarantees openness in government when he and staff members used a self-destruct app that automatically deleted their text messages, the Washington Post reports.
Kansas City Star: Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem said because the text messages were automatically deleted, it meant they were never officially retainedand therefore were not covered by the Sunshine Law.
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(118,880 posts)dlk
(11,597 posts)The Missouri sunshine Laws were written long before there were apps that destroy text messages.
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(118,880 posts)dlk
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(118,880 posts)Does it have to be done staye by state?
dlk
(11,597 posts)A federal ethics law would pertain congress or federal employees. Its a great idea.