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Judge denies Greitens’ attempt to bar attorney general probe

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Latest on allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (all times local):

6p.m.

A judge has denied a request by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to prohibit Attorney General Josh Hawley from investigating the governor and a veterans’ charity he founded.

The decision Friday by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem comes just one day after a hearing in which Greitens’ attorney suggested Hawley had a conflict because he publicly called for Greitens to resign.

The judge said Greitens’ attorneys had no legal grounds to stop Hawley’s investigation. He dismissed Greitens’ request.

The Republican attorney general called for the Republican governor’s resignation after a House committee released a report earlier this month containing allegation of sexual misconduct by Greitens.

Hawley says that was unrelated to his investigation into Greitens’ alleged political use of a donor list from The Mission Continues charity.

3p.m.

A legislative committee investigating Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is having trouble obtaining a deposition taken by Greitens’ attorneys of a woman with whom he had an affair.

Records obtained by The Associated Press show the House issued a subpoena for the deposition April 18. A previously unpublicized court filing by House attorneys says lawyers for the woman and St. Louis prosecutor’s office agreed to provide the deposition but Greitens’ attorneys have not yet done so.

The deposition was taken this month in preparation for Greitens’ May 14 trial on an invasion-of-privacy charge alleging he took and transmitted a nonconsensual, compromising photo of the women.

Greitens attorneys previously released a brief excerpt of the deposition in which the woman expressed doubts about whether she had seen Greitens with a camera.

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