An appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Missouri school district that includes students from Ferguson violated the federal Voting Rights Act in its method of electing board members. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided ...
Read More »Judge appoints special prosecutor to decide on Greitens case
A St. Louis judge on Monday appointed the prosecutor in Jackson County as the special prosecutor who will decide whether to refile an invasion-of-privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison recused the St. Louis ...
Read More »Prosecutor: Greitens’ lawyers threatened to ‘ruin’ her
The St. Louis prosecutor whose office now finds itself under investigation by police regarding its handling of a criminal case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens says his attorneys twice threatened to “ruin” her if she didn’t back off investigations of ...
Read More »Greitens’ lawyer says prosecutors have stopped photo search
A lawyer for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens said Monday that prosecutors have stopped looking after being unable to find a photo that is central to the allegations in his felony invasion-of-privacy trial. The Republican governor is charged with taking and ...
Read More »Judge allows key testimony at Greitens’ trial
A woman involved in an extramarital affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens will be allowed to testify at his felony invasion of privacy trial next week, a St. Louis judge ruled Monday. Circuit Judge Rex Burlison rejected claims from Greitens’ ...
Read More »Judge: No video cameras in courtroom for Greitens’ trial
Video cameras will not be allowed in the courtroom when Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens goes to trial later this month, a judge ruled Thursday. St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison turned down a request from a lawyer working on behalf ...
Read More »Ex-husband’s attorney gets $100,000 payment in Greitens case
The law firm representing the ex-husband of the woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2015 received two anonymous $50,000 payments that went toward the man’s legal fees, the man’s attorney said Monday. Attorney Al Watkins, ...
Read More »Lawyers: Execution could be ‘gruesome’ due to rare condition
A condemned Missouri inmate faces a potentially “gruesome and painful” execution because of a rare medical condition that compromises the man’s veins and causes multiple tumors in his head and throat, his attorney said Sunday. Russell Bucklew is scheduled to ...
Read More »Monitor: Ferguson needs more staff to implement policies
Ferguson is making progress toward racial reforms, however, risks falling behind if additional staff isn’t hired to implement new policies, the court-appointed monitor overseeing the city’s agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice told a federal judge Tuesday. Monitor Natashia ...
Read More »Attorney: Grand jury investigating Greitens affair
The man whose then-wife had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has been subpoenaed to testify before a St. Louis grand jury, the man’s attorney said Monday. “It’s been stepped up a notch,” attorney Al Watkins said. “It means ...
Read More »Attorney in Greitens’ office sought information on affair
An attorney who works in the office of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens reached out to a suburban St. Louis attorney on a fact-finding mission hours before news of the governor’s extramarital affair broke, according to an audio recording of the ...
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