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Leaked Navy emails show top officers struggling with how to handle a former governor ensnared in sca
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Source: Washington Post
Leaked Navy emails show top officers struggling with how to handle a former governor ensnared in scandal
By Dan Lamothe May 31 at 12:53 PM
The year was just beginning when a Trump administration official contacted the Navy with a question about former Missouri governor Eric Greitens, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who had resigned from office amid a sexual misconduct scandal and criminal investigation.
Joseph D. Kernan, a retired admiral and Navy SEAL, knew Greitens from their time in the military. Now the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for intelligence, Kernan wanted to know whether there was a way in which Greitens could return to military life, according to documents and emails obtained by The Washington Post.
It was not a simple question for the service.
Greitens, 45, admitted to having an extramarital affair but denied accusations that he coerced the woman involved into a sexual act and threatened to publicize a photo of her partially nude if she ever went public with their relationship.
The charges were dismissed amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and Greitens had a decorated past that included hunting al-Qaeda in combat, founding the veterans nonprofit the Mission Continues and publishing a best-selling book that discussed his service.
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By Dan Lamothe May 31 at 12:53 PM
The year was just beginning when a Trump administration official contacted the Navy with a question about former Missouri governor Eric Greitens, a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who had resigned from office amid a sexual misconduct scandal and criminal investigation.
Joseph D. Kernan, a retired admiral and Navy SEAL, knew Greitens from their time in the military. Now the Pentagon’s undersecretary of defense for intelligence, Kernan wanted to know whether there was a way in which Greitens could return to military life, according to documents and emails obtained by The Washington Post.
It was not a simple question for the service.
Greitens, 45, admitted to having an extramarital affair but denied accusations that he coerced the woman involved into a sexual act and threatened to publicize a photo of her partially nude if she ever went public with their relationship.
The charges were dismissed amid allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and Greitens had a decorated past that included hunting al-Qaeda in combat, founding the veterans nonprofit the Mission Continues and publishing a best-selling book that discussed his service.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/navy-review-launched-after-missouri-governor-who-resigned-amid-scandal-gets-new-military-assignment/2019/05/31/0b0f4742-8221-11e9-95a9-e2c830afe24f_story.html