This is nothing against the governor, but it’s a crappy article. I searched in vain for any mention of what the governor is being accused of, or why the accusations are false. This fails the basic test of the “Five W’s” of journalism.
Easy peasy to find.
The governor is accused of taking a picture of a woman he was having an affair with (several years ago) and violating her “expectation of privacy”. The law was written to prosecute guys who take pictures of women in tanning salons, etc., but has, in this case been stretched to include the idea of taking a picture without the subject’s consent.
What’s interesting is that the only evidence the picture exists is the woman telling her husband (he recorded the call) that Greitens was threatening her with it. She claims she was blindfolded but saw a flash. The prosecution does not possess the photo and no one has claimed to have seen it.
Yet he is being charged with a felony by St Louis prosecutor. I believe a Republican in Texas was hounded out of office by an Austin prosecutor. The case was dismissed but the Republican’s career was ruined. As far as I know the prosecutor suffered no ill effect from his efforts. I suspect neither will the St Louis prosecutor.
The point of the article is the weaponization of the law for political purposes. In every instance it is directed at a Republican.
Like Stalin’s NKVD, the state identifies the criminal and maybe comes up with evidence later.
This tactic, if not stopped soon, will expand to the point that people will have second thoughts about running for office as a Republican.