Missouri House launches impeachment probe of Greitens

[brooklynite]

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. I’ve 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]

1. Oh, this is moving along quite nicely!! Bing bang boom, gov!! Hahaha!!! nt

[The Genealogist]

2. His own party is doing this

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]

3. paper ignoring statement

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]

4. Toss the cretin in the trash!

We had 8 lovely scandal free years with Jay Nixon

I miss him

[TomCADem]

5. And Yet Senator McCaskills Opponent Was Endorsed By Roy Moore...

...who brags about how he gets upset with his wife if food is not on the table.