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Oxford coma

07 Monday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate, social media

≈ 11 Comments

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Eric Greitens, General Assembly, governor, impreachment, investigation, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, Oxford, social media, Twitter

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

On Twitter:

Blaine Greteman @BlaineGreteman
True story: @drobertsNYC and I knew this dude at Oxford (he was Rhodes year before me) and found him so creepy we made him the villain in a screenplay we wrote… It was a pretty bad screenplay. But also maybe we were just ahead of our time?
[….]
11:21 PM – 3 May 2018

And:

Blaine Greteman @BlaineGreteman May 3
Yep. He was sure creepy. Already talking about how he would be governor or president. Loved to box. Put on a suit every day to “work on his book”….

Did he wear a tie? Just asking.

Blaine Greteman @BlaineGreteman May 4
Let’s just say the “sexy workout” part does not ring untrue…

And a defender:

cturtle31 @cturtle31 10 minutes ago
Replying to @BlaineGreteman @JaneDueker @DRobertsNYC
So you just now are tweeting about Governor Greitens? Pretty convenient to join the liberal bashing. The State can’t win the invasion of privacy case without the imaginary photo.

We have no idea.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: that’s a fine mess he’s gotten into (Aril 29, 2017)

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them? (April 25, 2018)

Our life on the “D List” (April 30, 2018)

The Report – supplement (May 1, 2018)

HR 7432: Impeachment (May 1, 2018)

The second report (May 2, 2018)

Rep. Gina Mitten (D): shining a light in the dark money campaign finance neighborhood (May 2, 2018)

The process begins (May 4, 2018)

The Petition for a Special Session of the General Assembly to consider “disciplinary actions against Governor Eric R. Greitens” (May 4, 2018)

Campaign Finance: in the news (May 6, 2018)

Campaign Finance: in the news

06 Sunday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri Governor

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

campaign finance, Eric Greitens, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

In the news:

Lindsay Wise @lindsaywise
Mark Bobak’s place in Greitens’ world sparks ethics questions about a private attorney, presumably paid out of the gov’s own pocket, being involved in public policies w/o being subject to transparency or conflict-of-interest laws that apply to government officials or lobbyists.
[….]
7:26 AM – 6 May 2018

In the past, via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C000213 MISSOURIANS FOR GIBBONS OCTOBER – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT Mark Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place Saint Louis, MO 63131 self – attorney N/A 09/22/2008 $500.00 Monetary No

C051183 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER OCTOBER – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT Mark Bobak 15 Cricklewood Pl Saint Louis, MO 63131-3311 self N/A 09/19/2008 $500.00 Monetary No

In 2010:

C010201 SLAY FOR MAYOR OCTOBER – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT Mark T. Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place Saint Louis, MO Williams Venker & Sanders/Of Counsel N/A 09/30/2010 $2,000.00 Monetary No

C091123 CORRIGAN FOR COUNTY EXECUTIVE APRIL – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT Mark Bobak 15 Cricklewood Frontenac, MO 63131 Williams, Venker and Sanders N/A 03/25/2010 $500.00 Monetary No

C101300 CITIZENS FOR RICH MAGEE JULY – COMMITTEE QUARTERLY REPORT Mark Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place Saint Louis, MO 63131 Attorney Williams Venker N/A 06/05/2010 $500.00 Monetary No

In 2012:

C010201 SLAY FOR MAYOR October Quarterly Report Mark T. Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place Saint Louis MO 63131 Williams Venker & Sanders/Of Counsel 09/30/2012 $1,500.00 Monetary No

In 2014:

C001147 MCCULLOCH FOR PROSECUTOR COMMITTEE July Quarterly Report Mark T Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St Louis MO 63131 Attorney 06/14/2014 $500.00 Monetary No

C001147 MCCULLOCH FOR PROSECUTOR COMMITTEE July Quarterly Report Paula M Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St Louis MO 63131 Unknown 06/14/2014 $1,000.00 Monetary No

And then, in 2015:

C071320 SCHMITT FOR MISSOURI January Quarterly Report Mark T Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St Louis MO 63131 Williams, Venker & Sanders/Attorney 12/01/2015 $1,000.00 Monetary No

C151053 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI April Quarterly Report Mark & Paula Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St. Louis MO 63131 Williams Venker & Sanders/Attorney 02/25/2015 $25,000.00 Monetary No

C151053 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI July Quarterly Report Ruthellyn Bobak 910 Ridge Road Apt 408 Munster IN 46321 N/A/Homemaker 04/30/2015 $5,001.00 Monetary No

C151053 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI January Quarterly Report Paula Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place Frontenac MO 63131 Homemaker 12/30/2015 $100.00 Monetary No

C151053 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI October Quarterly Report Mark and Paula Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St. Louis MO 63131 Williams Venker & Sanders/Attorney 09/29/2015 $1,997.71 In-Kind No

There appears to have been a contribution spike in 2015.

In 2016:

C151053 GREITENS FOR MISSOURI April Quarterly Report Chris Bobak 541 Rosedale Saint Louis MO 63112 Greitens for Missouri 03/30/2016 $5.00 Monetary No

Okay [pdf]:

In 2017:

C171131 Luetkemeyer For Senate October Quarterly Report Mark Bobak 15 Cricklewood Place St. Louis MO 63131 Williams Venker and Sanders/Attorney 09/27/2017 $1,000.00 Monetary No

Nothing yet in 2018.

The Petition for a Special Session of the General Assembly to consider “disciplinary actions against Governor Eric R. Greitens”

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate

≈ 10 Comments

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Eric Greitens, General Assembly, governor, impeachment, investigation, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, Petition, Special Session

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday the General Assembly filed a petition [pdf] for a special session with the Secretary of State:

Missouri General Assembly

PETITION FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF THE MISSOURI GENERAL ASSEMBLY

WHEREAS, Article III Section 20(b) of the Constitution of Missouri provides that “upon the filing with the secretary of state of a petition stating the purpose for which the session is to be called and signed by three-fourths of the members of the senate and three-fourths of the members of the house of representatives, the president pro tem of the senate and the speaker of the house shall by joint proclamation convene the general assembly in special session.”

We, the undersigned, constituting at least three-fourths of the members of the Senate and at least three fourths of the members of the House of Representatives pursuant to Article III, Section 20(b) of the Constitution of Missouri, hereby call a special session of the General Assembly to convene at 6:30 p.m. on May, 18, 2018, for the sole purpose of considering the findings and recommendations of the House of Representatives Special Investigative Committee on Oversight including, but not limited to, disciplinary actions against Governor Eric R. Greitens.

[….]

This morning, via Twitter:

Michael Bersin @MBersin
Replying to @jrosenbaum
The crossouts/unsignatures, “resignatures”, and no signatures tell a complex story – if we still have any universities left in the future there will be a dissertation or two on this document alone.
10:58 AM – 4 May 2018

Uh, yep.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: that’s a fine mess he’s gotten into (Aril 29, 2017)

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them? (April 25, 2018)

Our life on the “D List” (April 30, 2018)

The Report – supplement (May 1, 2018)

HR 7432: Impeachment (May 1, 2018)

The second report (May 2, 2018)

Rep. Gina Mitten (D): shining a light in the dark money campaign finance neighborhood (May 2, 2018)

The process begins (May 4, 2018)

The process begins

04 Friday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate

≈ 11 Comments

Tags

Eric Greitens, General Asembly, governor, impeachment, missouri, Special Session

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Yesterday both houses of the Republican controlled Missouri General Assembly submitted a sufficient number of signatures to call for a special session to consider the impeachment of Governor Eric Greitens (r). The special session will begin at 6:30 p.m. on May 18th, after the end of the current regular session.

Missouri Lawmakers Will Hold Special Session To Consider Impeaching Governor

Missouri lawmakers say they will convene a special legislative session to consider impeaching Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, as the embattled governor faces two felony charges.

“This was not a decision made lightly, and certainly not without great deliberation and effort,” House Speaker Todd Richardson, R-Poplar Bluff, told reporters Thursday.

Richardson said 138 members of the House and 29 senators had signed a petition to call the special session — more than the three-quarters of each chamber that is required to convene the session.

Missouri currently has 161 House members and 33 senators — a solid majority of them Republican. Republicans hold 114 of the House seats and 24 in the Senate.

The special session is scheduled to begin the evening of May 18, which is the last day of the legislature’s regular session, and will last for 30 days.

[….]

Rep. Gina Mitten (D): shining a light in the dark money campaign finance neighborhood

02 Wednesday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, social media

≈ 11 Comments

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campaign finance, Eric Greitens, Gina Mitten, governor, impeachment, investigation, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, Twitter

Representative Gina Mitten (D) [2016 file photo].

Michael Bersin @MBersin
Great moments in the Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight transcript – @gcmitts: “Hong Kong…Does that that refresh your recollection as to where Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood really was?” – Michael Hafner transcript, pg. 65
8:35 PM – 2 May 2018

Go. Read the whole thing [pdf].

Previously:

The second report (May 2, 2018)

The Report – supplement

01 Tuesday May 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House

≈ 13 Comments

Tags

Eric Greitens, governor, impeachment, investigation, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight

Yesterday the Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight issued a supplementary report to their first report in the investigation of Missouri Governor Eric Greitens (r) in an effort to counter the public relations spin on the governor’s behalf:

Supplement to Committee Report 1
This report contains content of a sensitive and sexual nature. The House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight has kept descriptions of an adult nature and coarse language in order to provide an unfiltered record of witness testimony. In some cases, the identities of witnesses and sensitive information have been redacted from the record to protect privacy.

The supplementary report was signed by all seven members of the committee, five Republican and two Democrats.

From the supplementary report [pdf]:

[….]
1. On Thursday, April 12, 2018, Greitens posted a public statement to Facebook in which he claimed that video of an interview taken by the Circuit Attorney’s office “undermined the narrative” and “directly contradicted allegations in the House report.” Specifically, Greitens claimed Witness 1 “never once mentions any coercion” in the videotaped interview.1 However, Witness 1 described the same facts regarding the morning of March 21, 2015 in her interview with the Circuit Attorney’s office as she did with this Committee. For example, compare: [side by side comparisons]

Circuit Attorney Testimony

And I was like, “I’m leaving and went to go upstairs, and he took me in his arms and was like, no, no … you can’t leave like this. You can’t leave. Come here. And lays me down on the ground where I’m laying on his, like, basement floor in the fetal position.2

I’m crying, like, hysterically at this point. And he was like, shush, it’s okay. It’s okay, It’s okay.4

[H]e proceeds to undo his pants and take his [penis] out of his underwear or whatever. And like, put it near my face.6

I gave him a blow job at this point.8

I just felt like, I’m going to do this and he’ll be satisfied that he had his little whore, and I’m going to leave and I’ll never see him again, was what was going through my mind at this point…”10

“And at this point, just really coaxing me like a wounded little animal on the ground[.]”12

[T]hen he says, I’m going to put a blindfold on you. He puts the blindfold on me. And at this point there’s, like, really no talking. I really was standing there, like, I have no clue what the hell is going on. I’m probably just as much turned on as I am fearful as I am curious. You know, I don’t even know. We hadn’t kissed or anything.15

Committee Testimony

I was like, “No, I’m leaving, I’m leaving.” And I start walking out – or going to go up the stairs, and he grabs me and like – like in a bear hug and was like, “Shh, shh, it’s okay, calm down, calm down, and like lays me down on this ground in the basement.3

I was laying next to him just crying, like uncontrollably crying. And he was like, Shh, shh, it’s okay, it’s okay.5

He starts undoing his pants, and he takes his penis out and put it, like near where my face is.7

So I gave him oral sex at this point.9

I’m like – so this guy literally just wants me for this, and this is all he wants, and then he’ll let me – because at this point, too, I also know I have to be back at work, and he’s not going to let me leave, because he’s obviously still horny.11

“Coerced, maybe. I felt as though that would allow me to leave.”13 And “It’s a hard question [on consent] because I did it – it felt like consent, but no, I didn’t want to do it.”14

[H]e said, Follow me downstairs, I’m going to show you how to do a proper pull-up. So I did what he said. And at this point, I was intrigued, definitely, because I thought for sure he really has feelings for me.16

I honestly was, like, in shock, because I was – I was intrigued, but I’m also – how – I’m not even talking to him. I’m not – we’re not doing anything I want to do right now, but I’m intrigued enough and I’m letting him and I trust him – I don’t know. No, I’m not talking at all at this point.17

[….]

2. Witness 1 testified to additional feelings in her Circuit Attorney interview, stating that, while performing oral sex on the morning of March 21, 2015 that she was thinking “the whole time – at this point, I hate him in my mind. I think he’s disgusting. I hate him. I can’t believe I’m down here.”18 She further stated, “I just felt super degraded, really disgusting.”19

[….]

3. In his Thursday, April 12 statement, Greitens further noted that Witness 1 told the Circuit Attorney that she did not tell her friends about the slap until after a false report about the location of such an incident had been made in the media.20 However, the testimony to the Committee corroborates that Witness 1 did not tell her friends about the slap until later.

[….]

5. The Committee does not find anything in the Circuit Attorney interview that causes it to change its statement regarding Witness 1’s credibility.

6. Greitens’ claims about the content of the Circuit Attorney interview mischaracterize the actual testimony received and reviewed by this Committee.

[….]

9. Greitens further stated, “Soon after this story broke, for example, the people who are attacking me now falsely claim that I slapped a woman while my wife was giving birth. It was absolutely untrue and slanderous and incredibly hurtful. It has also been 100 percent disproven, because it was impossible.”29 However, Witness 1 never claimed to the Committee or to anyone else of which we are aware that he slapped her at such time. Instead, she testified that Greitens slapped her in an upstairs bedroom while his wife was out-of-town.30

[….]

14. This Committee’s charge is to determine the truth. Having claimed that the deposition testimony is helpful to Greitens, it is incumbent upon his counsel to comply with the Committee’s duly-issued subpoena and to expeditiously provide it with the entire deposition transcript.

It’s the same story.

Go. Read the whole thing.

Previously:

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them? (April 25, 2018)

Our life on the “D List” (April 30, 2018)

Our life on the “D List”

30 Monday Apr 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in meta, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, social media

≈ 13 Comments

Tags

D List, Eric Greitens, governor, impeachment, investigation, meta, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, Missouri Times, Show Me Progress, social media, Twitter

Today:

Tony Messenger @tonymess
The revelation about the $50,000 paid to Al Watkins by @scottfaughn is a much bigger deal (and an unfortunate one) for the reporters working for him @MissouriTimes than it is a game-changer in #GreitensIndictment cases.
4:55 PM – 30 Apr 2018

And, twenty-one minutes later:

Michael Bersin @MBersin
For the record – Show Me Progress https://showmeprogress.com/ does not have $50,000.00 nor do we know anyone with a spare $50,000.00 who would ask us to deliver any checks. Last we looked we had a little over $50.00 in our account. And we intend to keep that. We have bills to pay.
[….]
5:16 PM – 30 Apr 2018

It’s been over ten years. We’re still waiting for our millions from George Soros.

Previously:

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them? (April 25, 2018)

Does somebody want to tell them?

25 Wednesday Apr 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, social media

≈ 14 Comments

Tags

Eric Greitens, governor, impeachment, investigation, missouri, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, self righteousness

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Last night, via Twitter:

Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt
The only part of that sentence that isn’t crazy may be breakfast.

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
Governor Eric Greitens, who is accused of two felonies, will be the keynote speaker at a law enforcement prayer breakfast [….]

10:33 PM – 24 Apr 2018

Somebody should.

Previously:

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2018)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2018)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks… (April 20, 2018)

No, Chuck Raasch, nobody’s giving Eric Greitens’ scandals short shrift (April 22, 2018)

He doth protest too much, methinks…

20 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate

≈ 20 Comments

Tags

Attorney General, campaign finance, Eric Greitens., governor, impeachment, indictment, Josh Hawley, Kimberly gardner, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight

[….]
35. Witness 1 testified that Greitens then said, “You’re not going to mention my name. Don’t even mention my name to anybody at all, because if you do, I’m going to take these pictures, and I’m going to put them everywhere I can. They are going to be everywhere, and then everyone will know what a little whore you are.”39
[….]

[….]the Missouri Ethics Commission fined Governor Eric Greitens (r) and his campaign $1,000.00 for a campaign reporting violation. According to the Missouri Ethics Commission at some point [pdf] in early 2015 the Greitens campaign received a donor list which it did not initially report and which was used by someone in the campaign to contact potential donors.[….]

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

From Eric Greitens (r):

Eric Greitens
[….]
Two months ago, a prosecutor brought a case against me.
She claimed she had evidence of a crime—but she’s produced none.
She said her investigator would find the truth. Instead, her investigator lied under oath and created false evidence.
She is wasting thousands and thousands of taxpayer dollars to do all of this.
Her original case is falling apart—so today, she’s brought a new one. By now, everyone knows what this is: this prosecutor will use any charge she can to smear me.
Thank goodness for the Constitution and our court system. In the United States of America, you’re innocent until proven guilty. In the United States of America, you get your day in court.
And when I have my day in court, I will clear my name. People will know the truth.
The latest charge is about my work at the Mission Continues. When I came home from Iraq after service as a Navy SEAL, I started the Mission Continues to help veterans. In the seven years I ran that organization, we helped thousands of veterans, won national awards for excellence, and became one of the finest veteran’s charities in the country.
Those were some of the best years of my life, and I am grateful every day for the chance to help the men and women I served with. I stand by that work.
I will have my day in court. I will clear my name. This prosecutor can come after me with everything she’s got, but as all faithful people know: in time comes the truth. And the time for truth is coming.

Keep talking.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: that’s a fine mess he’s gotten into (April 29, 2017)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Seriously, just go away already… (April 20, 2018)

Seriously, just go away already…

20 Friday Apr 2018

Posted by Michael Bersin in campaign finance, Missouri General Assembly, Missouri Governor, Missouri House, Missouri Senate

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campaign finance, Circuit Attorney for St. Louis, Eric Greitens., governor, impeachment, indictment, Kimberly gardner, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Missouri House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight

Kimberly Gardner [2016 file photo]

Eric Greitens (r) [2016 file photo].

Josh Hawley [2016 file photo].

Just breaking:

ABC 17 News @ABC17News
#BREAKING Governor charged again. Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner charged Governor Eric Greitens with Felony Tampering with Computer Data: Modifying or Destroying, Disclosing or Accessing for an incident that took place #abc17news-@DeborahABC17

April 20, 2018
Today, Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner charged Missouri Governor Eric Greitens with Felony Tampering with Computer Data: Modifying or Destroying, Disclosing or Accessing for an incident that took place on or about April 22, 2015 in the City of St. Louis.
Prosecutors found probable cause to believe that Governor Greitens violated Missouri State Statute 569.095 that was in place at the time of the incident. The law has a three-year statute of limitations
Given the Invasion of Privacy charges currently pending for the Governor, we will not be holding a press conference or providing any additional information other than what is in the probable cause statement.
If anyone has any information related to this matter, I encourage them to contact the Circuit Attorney’ Office immediately.

5:37 PM – 20 Apr 2018

Next…

From the Attorney General:

AG Hawley Releases Statement on New Charges Filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney
Apr 20, 2018, 17:45 PM
Jefferson City, Mo. (April 20, 2018) – Attorney General Josh Hawley released the following statement regarding the newly filed charges against Governor Eric Greitens by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner:
“St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner reviewed the evidence turned over to her by my office and determined that there is probable cause to file criminal charges against the Governor. The Office stands ready to assist the Circuit Attorney’s Office where appropriate and if needed. These are serious charges—and an important reminder that no one is above the law in Missouri. Like all criminal defendants, Governor Greitens is presumed innocent under the law until proven guilty.”

Next…

Previously:

Oh, my. (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 2 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 3 (January 11, 2018)

אַ שאַנדע פֿאַר די גוים and *IOKIYAR (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 4 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 5 (January 11, 2018)

Oh, my – part 6 (January 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r): not exactly a ringing endorsement (January 12, 2018)

Gov. Eric Greitens (r): piping (January 16, 2018)

Oh, my – part 7 (January 16, 2018)

Waiting… (January 19, 2018)

Oh, my – part 8 (January 29, 2018)

The unanswered question (February 8, 2017)

RSMo § 565.252 (February 22, 2018)

Well, you were the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 22, 2018)

Well, he was the one who used a blindfold and tape. (February 23, 2018)

A few words of advice (February 26, 2018)

Eric Greitens (r) and the House – pass the popcorn (March 6, 2018)

Oh, my – part 9 (March 6, 2018)

“That’s not how you spell bare.” (March 7, 2018)

It’s their world, the rest of us only get to live in it (April 8, 2018)

The popcorn is ready (April 10, 2018)

The Report (April 11, 2018)

Call it what it is (April 11, 2018)

Go away, asshole. (April 12, 2018)

Sen. Denny Hoskins (r-21): impeach Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Getting ironical about Greitens (April 13, 2018)

Standing ovation (April 14, 2018)

Quid pro quo (April 16, 2018)

It’s a fine mess he’s gotten himself into… (April 17, 2018)

Really, just go away… (April 17, 2018)

HR 6783: Impeachment (April 18, 2018)

Unhinged (April 19, 2019)

Really unhinged (April 19, 2018)

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