Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens Facing Calls For Corruption Investigation
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Nathan Guttman June 14, 2017
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, the only Jewish governor in the nation, was elected on a platform of clean government and transparency. But he can’t seem to shake critics’ claims that his own handling of campaign funds and donations wasn’t totally above-board.
A bipartisan group of six state senators is now trying to push for an investigation into Greitens’ use of a donor list from an organization that he did not list on his campaign report, as well as a probe into a anonymously-funded nonprofit organization that Greitens’ political allies set up to advance his political agenda. The resolution was brought up during a special session of the Missouri legislature convened by Greitens, who was only inaugurated in January.
A spokesman for Greitens called the move a “temper tantrum from career politicians” and said it is just “more evidence that Governor Greitens is an outsider who is doing what he said he would do: taking on politicians in both parties to get results. When career politicians are whining, Missourians are winning.”
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