Missouri House launches impeachment probe of Greitens
Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
JEFFERSON CITY In a historic decision, the Missouri House formally launched an investigation Monday that could lead to the impeachment and ouster of Gov. Eric Greitens.
House Speaker Todd Richardson named seven members to a special committee that will lead the unprecedented probe of a Missouri chief executive. The hastily formed panel will be chaired by Rep. Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City.
We have worked over the weekend and through today to formulate that committee. Ive asked the committee to begin its work this week, Richardson said.
The action by Richardson came just days after Greitens was charged by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner with felony invasion of privacy, stemming from an extramarital affair in 2015 to which he has admitted.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-house-launches-impeachment-probe-of-greitens/article_35e5adfb-b423-50ce-ae6c-ed54fe6123e8.html
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)He's an awful person, and I'm just fine with his own party tossing him to the curb with the rest of the garbage, where he belongs.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,468 posts)The St. Louis Post-Dispatch seems to be ignoring this part of the statement:
In a later statement, [Rep. Jay Barnes] added that its mission is to conduct a fair, thorough and timely investigation without predetermined results. Any reference to the work we have ahead of us as an impeachment probe is factually inaccurate. The committee will investigate the facts. Any report that implies a conclusion before the investigation begins is factually inaccurate.
Their headline disagrees. Maybe Greitens needs to make another cutesy assault rifle ad and get his 'optics' back up.
UpInArms
(51,285 posts)We had 8 lovely scandal free years with Jay Nixon
I miss him
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)...who brags about how he gets upset with his wife if food is not on the table.