Missouri Gov. Greitens Expected To Resign, Ending Career Once Aimed At Presidency
Source: Kansas City Star
JEFFERSON CITY
Eric Greitens stormed into the governors office in January 2017 vowing to clean up a state government he said was corrupt.
He is expected to resign Tuesday just as abruptly as he had arrived on Missouri's political scene, his career buried under an avalanche of scandal and felony charges.
Mike Parson, 63, a fellow Republican and former sheriff who served 11 years in the General Assembly before being elected as lieutenant governor in 2016, will take over as Missouris 57th governor. Hell finish Greitens term, which runs until January 2021.
A Rhodes Scholar and former Navy SEAL, Greitens was once considered one of the brightest stars in the Republican Party a rock star who traveled the country campaigning for his fellow GOP governors, all while building his national profile and donor base for an almost inevitable run at the White House.
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Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)that whatever he is accused of doing, and did do, he has in the past accused and criticized others for doing.
Freddie
(9,258 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,109 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,185 posts)Try hitting Trump up on Twitter. Pence too, while you're at it. Actually, just mass message his entire administration.
Rebl2
(13,484 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)hlthe2b
(102,200 posts)Trump offered him a job to add to the swamp he has created.
bucolic_frolic
(43,122 posts)It's a cleansing for the November elections. GOP tries to clean up its act.
BumRushDaShow
(128,748 posts)by Washington Post Staff May 29 at 5:31 PM
A special legislative committee has been considering whether to impeach Greitens, a Republican, and oust him over the allegations. The panel subpoenaed him last week.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2018/05/29/missouri-gov-eric-greitens-resigns-amid-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct-and-campaign-fundraising-violations/?utm_term=.fd9eb9d026db
jpak
(41,757 posts)dis - fucking - gusting.
hatrack
(59,583 posts)Rebl2
(13,484 posts)everyone else and not admitting to wrong doing. He said all that has gone on was designed to hurt him and those around him.
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