KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Latest on former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local):
5:30 p.m.
Attorneys who represented the office of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens during a legislative investigation have billed the state for more than $150,000.
The Office of Administration said Friday that it is still reviewing the request for payment.
Records provided to The Associated Press under the state’s open records law show that the Graves Garrett law firm in Kansas City billed the state more than $89,000. That covers 260 hours of work by four employees, plus expenses, from April 27 to May 29.
The Connecticut-based Shipman & Goodwin law firm billed Missouri more than $64,000 on behalf of attorney Ross Garber, an impeachment specialist. That included 157 hours of work, plus expenses, from March 5 to May 29.
Greitens announced on May 29 that he was resigning.
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5:15 p.m.
Eric Greitens’ defense attorney Jim Martin says he agrees that there wasn’t enough evidence to file charges against the former Missouri governor related to an extramarital affair.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Friday said her investigation found no corroborating evidence to support refiling a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against Greitens. The St. Louis prosecutor referred the case to Baker after dropping it last month.
Baker also on Friday said there were 31,000 fewer files on one of Greitens’ phones between April and May. She said her office found out days ago about the missing data.
Martin says Greitens’ attorneys provided both the April data and telephone to Baker. He says a technology expert said there were no fewer photos on the phone between April and May.
Greitens resigned last week.
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4:30 p.m.
The special prosecutor who considered a criminal charge against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says there were 31,000 fewer files on one of his phones between April and May.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Friday announced that she would not refile the felony invasion-of-privacy charge that was dropped by St. Louis prosecutors last month. The case stemmed from Greitens’ 2015 extramarital affair with his hairdresser. Authorities searched the phone looking for a compromising photo he was accused of taking of the woman.
Baker said the St. Louis prosecutor initially gave her office data extracted from the phone in May for their investigation.
But Baker says her office found out days ago that there were an additional 31,000 files on the phone back in April. She said she “cannot begin to express” her frustration in trying to get evidence in reviewing the case before the end of the statute of limitations.
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3:45 p.m.
The special prosecutor who considered an invasion of privacy charge against former Gov. Eric Greitens says the woman at the center of the case was credible, but “the clock ran out” on the statute of limitations.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Friday that she would not refile the felony charge that was dropped by St. Louis prosecutors last month. But at an emotional news conference, Baker vehemently defended the woman whose 2015 affair with Greitens spurred the charges.
Baker says the statute of limitations on the charge was three years and was about to run out. Despite lengthy investigations, she says her office found no evidence to corroborate the woman’s claim that Greitens took an unauthorized and compromising photo of her during a sexual encounter in the basement of his home in March 2015.
But Baker says she believes the woman was telling the truth. And the prosecutor was critical of the defense team’s questioning of her, citing some of the questions they asked about her body.
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3 p.m.
The woman involved in a 2015 affair with former Gov. Eric Greitens says she hopes other women “in similar situations” are not discouraged by a criminal process that ultimately ended with no criminal charge.
Special prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Friday that she will not refile a felony invasion of privacy charge against Greitens. Baker says an investigation by her office found no corroborating evidence.
Greitens was indicted by a St. Louis grand jury for allegedly taking an unauthorized photo of a partially-nude woman during an extramarital affair in 2015. St. Louis prosecutors dropped the charge last month and Baker was appointed to consider whether it should be refiled.
Greitens resigned last week the Legislature was meeting in special session to consider the possibility of impeachment.
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2:30 p.m.
A special prosecutor says her investigation of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens found no corroborating evidence that would support refiling a felony invasion of privacy charge.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced Friday that she would not file charges in the case that landed with her last month after St. Louis prosecutors dismissed the charge.
Baker said in a news release that she and a team of assistant prosecutors exhausted potential leads and even enlisted the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate. Still, Baker says there wasn’t sufficient evidence to consider a criminal charge.
Greitens was initially indicted by a St. Louis grand jury in February. He was accused of taking an unauthorized and compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair in 2015, before he was elected.
Greitens resigned last week.
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2 p.m.
A special prosecutor will not refile a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced her decision Friday, one week after the Republican governor’s resignation.
A St. Louis grand jury in February indicted Greitens, accusing him of taking an unauthorized and compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair in 2015, before he was elected.
St. Louis prosecutors dropped the charge May 14 after a court ruled that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner had to answer questions under oath from Greitens’ attorneys. The announcement came as jury selection was nearing completion.
Greitens resigned last week as the Legislature was meeting in special session to consider the possibility of impeachment.
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8:45 a.m.
The special prosecutor considering whether to re-file a felony invasion of privacy charge against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens will announce her decision on Friday.
The office of Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says she will make a statement and offer details at 3 p.m. in Kansas City.
The Republican governor resigned effective June 1. He was indicted by a St. Louis grand jury for allegedly taking an unauthorized photo of a partially-nude woman during an extramarital affair in 2015. St. Louis prosecutors dropped the charge last month and Baker was appointed to consider whether it should be re-filed.
In exchange for Greitens’ resignation, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner dropped a second felony charge that accused him of using a charity donor list for his political campaign.
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