Missouri attorney general announces probe into Greitens' former charity

[UpInArms]

Source: St. Louis Post Dispatch

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced Thursday that his office had opened an inquiry into The Mission Continues, the charity Gov. Eric Greitens founded in 2007 and left in 2014.

“The Attorney General’s Office has an open inquiry into the charitable activities of The Mission Continues, pursuant to the AGO’s enforcement responsibilities under the consumer protection and charitable registration and reporting laws,” Loree Anne Paradise, Hawley’s deputy chief of staff, said in an email to the Post-Dispatch.

Questions about Greitens’ ties to his former charity have swirled since October 2016, when The Associated Press reported that Greitens, a Republican, had raised more than $2 million for his campaign from donors or entities that had also given significant amounts to The Mission Continues.

The AP obtained a charity donor list and reported then that the charity sharing the list could have violated laws that bar 501(c)(3) organizations from taking sides in elections.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/missouri-attorney-general-announces-probe-into-greitens-former-charity/article_39eb2cbd-5476-50a6-880e-105a0995fcfa.html

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Really

If they're not feeling the babes they're feeling the money

Lock him up!

[samplegirl]

2. Amazing how much this guy has gotten

Away with.

[Sherman A1]

3. It is and he hasn't made any friends in the GOP Legislature

something about scorched earth tactics that sometimes make you a bit less than popular.

[justhanginon]

4. Show yourself firing a machine gun and blowing shit up and

make sure everyone knows you are an ex-Navy Seal is all it takes to be governor in Missouri.

[UpInArms]

5. Jay Nixon was an honorable man and a great governor

Eight years without one scandal

How I miss him

😔

[justhanginon]

6. I agree and Rich Koster would have made a good successor

to Jay Nixon and certainly better for Missouri than the ethically and morally deficient Greitens. Missouri is turning into an midwestern version of the worst of all the bible states.

[Judi Lynn]

7. He has been a hard-working, conscientious, courageous from his Attorney General days, too.

Missouri would be honored if Jay Nixon decided to run for national office.

What a shame there are so many dirty Republicans who would move heaven and earth to prevent Nixon's national chances.

Nixon has always been nothing but outstanding. He has always been a diligent, serious, accomplished leader.

I missed him as soon as I saw your post, and I only live in an adjoining state. He is admired so widely.

[UpInArms]

8. He was wonderful ... always remembered my name and who I was

Exceptionally personable ...

The first time I went to cover a local meet and greet ... I was thinking ... oh great a blow hard attorney running for governor ... he was fascinating... so impromptu and articulate... I cannot say enough good things about who he is ...