{"id":57049,"date":"2018-01-20T04:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57049"},"modified":"2018-01-20T04:53:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-20T04:53:12","slug":"fbi-launches-inquiry-missouri-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/fbi-launches-inquiry-missouri-governor.html","title":{"rendered":"FBI launches inquiry into Missouri governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">FBI launches inquiry into Missouri governor<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The FBI has launched an inquiry into Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) amid allegations he blackmailed a woman with whom he had an affair, CNN reported Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Eli Karabell, who volunteered to help the governor&#8217;s transition team in 2016, told CNN he engaged in an hourlong phone interview with two FBI agents in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">It is not publicly known whether the interview was related to the FBI&#8217;s open inquiry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Greitens&#8217;s lawyer James Bennett told the news network that the governor &#8220;has not been contacted at any time by the FBI, and we are not aware of any interest by the FBI in this personal matter that took place years ago.&#8221; Bennett added that they are also not aware of any interest by the FBI in matters unrelated to the affair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">An FBI spokeswoman did not confirm or deny the investigation to CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The St. Louis city prosecutor announced last week that it would launch a probe into Greitens amid the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The governor admitted to an extramarital affair amid allegations he threatened to release a naked photo of a woman if she revealed their affair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/369875-fbi-launches-inquiry-into-missouri-governor<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/fbi-launches-inquiry-missouri-governor.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI launches inquiry into Missouri governor The FBI has launched an inquiry into Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) amid allegations he blackmailed a woman with whom he had an affair, CNN reported Friday. 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