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Fox 2 requested a budget breakdown from the state. It shows more than $685,000 went to lawyers and consultants. “This has been going on for decades,” said Jason Crowell, a Missouri Housing Development Commission board member, appointed by Governor Greitens to change it. Crowell said he wants to “…get reforms so that every dollar that`s allocated for Sr. housing and low-income housing – actually goes to that.” Crowell and reporter Chris Hayes stood in front of one of those projects in Cape Girardeau. “Altogether, per apartment unit, (taxpayers paid) $376,000,” Crowell said. That’s per apartment. “And I’m telling you, as someone who’s volunteered for Habitat for Humanity, I could build almost four Habitat Humanity Homes in Cape for what we spent on one apartment unit.” Read more…

Now if you reread our post from last week regarding Low Income Housing Tax Credits, the dots seem to be really connecting!

K.C. Star: St. Louis lawyer reveals more details about mysterious $100,000 in cash

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One question we have is why is Rep. Stacey Newman’s stepson, Andrew Newman, who works for this firm which is owned by Tom Hillman seemingly buddy buddy in this video with attorney Al Watkins? Hillman’s company Lewis & Clark Real Estate “Partner[s] with developers to create great communities. We provide equity capital to high performers innovators in real estate. Lewis & Clark Real Estate and the following partners maximize risk-adjusted returns via investments in distinct real estate assets and operating businesses.”

Recall also that @LaurenTrager got the exclusive with Phil Sneed, the husband of the “victim” on the same day as #MoneyBagsAl got $50k from @scottfaughn . Funny, @LaurenTrager used to work at STL CAO? Coincidences abound: she keeps landing stories. #ProsecutorialMisconduct #moleg

— Six Days (@ResignNowKim) May 9, 2018

#Missouri Media

Scott Faughn DICTATING journalism in state, as none of U, with few exceptions, will report where money he gave AL came from…

U afraid of Scotty?

By not investigating, U have proven yourselves 2 be horrible journalists #moleg #mogov #greitens #STL #FindScott pic.twitter.com/4DdWbNcz5m

— Rod Rosenstein is a Criminal (@magathemaga1) May 9, 2018

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Al Watkins, the attorney for the ex-husband, has previously said that two $50,000 payments showed up at his office in January for the ex-husband’s defense. He identified Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn as the man who delivered one of the $50,000 payments. A courier delivered the other. At a court hearing Monday, defense attorney Jim Martin said Watkins testified in a deposition that Faughn made two additional $10,000 payments. It wasn’t clear whether those payments also were for the ex-husband’s legal representation. Watkins declined comment. An email message left with Faughn was not returned. Read more…

STL Today: Where he got the $50,000 is only the latest question surrounding newspaper publisher Scott Faughn

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“There is no doubt that this case smells of politics. Missouri Times and Scott Faughn’s heavycash involvement leaves little doubt. Ms. Gardner’s request for a trial setting the day before the midterm elections leaves little doubt. And, evidence produced yesterday, text messages betweenK.S. and Missouri State Representative Stacey Newman, also leave little doubt. Specifically, onJanuary 11, 2018, Ms. Newman said to K.S., “my House Dem leadership insist you need a lawyerfast.” Two hours later, Ms. Newman says, “I may need to talk w your lawyers.” Then a week later,Ms. Newman sent a text to K.S., providing K.S. the name and phone number of “STL CircuitAttorney Kim Gardner, she said you can have your attorney call her.” Read more…

The Greiten’s defense team did get a win today. Judge Burlison ruled that two electrical engineers wouldnt be allowed to testify to the sound an iPhone camera and what constitutes transmitting a photo

“If Greitens’ lawyers had been successful in barring the woman from testifying, it would have likely required dismissal of the case, set to go to trial next week. Chief Trial Assistant Robert Dierker admitted in court on Monday that prosecutors do not have the photograph in question or any witnesses who have seen it. Dierker insisted, however, that they have circumstantial evidence of both the photo and its transmittal, as required by the invasion of privacy statute under which Greitens is being prosecuted.” Read more…

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It’s a little suspicious to us when a Democratic leaning “private news source” and a Democratic politician are in the know when it comes to Republican politics. Just saying.

Whoa: #MOLeg State Rep from estimable @missouriscout today: “Lots of people, including me, have been threatened that if we go against the Governor, we will never get financial support from any of the major donors in MO.”

— Gregg Keller (@RGreggKeller) April 16, 2018

And in other news, it must be an election year because a Democrat politican is visting the ghetto – seven months before the election even!!!!

Missourinet: Greitens attorney says Hawley ‘clearly compromised’ probe into donor list; Hawley calls claim ‘frivolous’

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Attorneys for Greitens repeatedly have claimed the prosecutor’s office has failed to turn over evidence. They said in court Thursday a videotaped deposition of the woman was withheld until an hour after the special House committee’s report was released. On Monday, attorney Jim Martin said 11 pages of Tisaby’s notes from a deposition of a friend of the woman, requested weeks ago, were not turned over until Sunday, after Martin threatened to go to court to ask for them.

“We have seen that information has been hidden from us, exculpatory information,” Martin said.

Dierker, comparing Tisaby to the incompetent fictional Inspector Clouseau from “The Pink Panther” movies, said Tisaby has “caused us to appear to be hiding the ball.”

“We are saddled with the egregious mistake of relying on him,” Dierker said. Read more….

Tisaby is a former FBI agent and bigamist who claimed that he didn’t take any notes during a deposition until the defense found a video screen shot of him with a pen or pencil in his hand!

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The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters still believe Mueller’s investigation is an honest attempt to determine criminal wrongdoing, but that’s down from 52% last October. Forty percent (40%) now consider Mueller’s probe a partisan witch hunt, an eight-point increase from 32% in the earlier survey. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

It is interesting to note that Senator Claire McCaskill didnt think very highy of the Former FBI Director James Comey whose self leaked memos initiated this special counsel investigation. This her opinion of Comey reopening Hillary’s email investigation just days before the election:

 “I certainly it damaged the institution of law enforcement in this country. I certainly think it changed a little bit the momentum in the race. I think it blunted some of Hillary Clinton’s momentum. I don’t think it changed the fundamentals of who is fit to be president.” (MSNBC’s “Meet The Press Daily,” 11/04/16)

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Any story from the liberal Kansas City (Red) Star advocating for bi-partisanship in order to throw out the sitting Republican governor should be looked upon with suspicion. Democrats, including those on the Star’s editorial board, are playing the short ball instead of playing long ball. They are taking a page out of their mentor Saul Alinsky’s book and are using Governor Greitens troubles as an “opportunity they aren’t going to waste” buy calling for the Governor’s resignation or impeachment. They should want a vulnerable Senator McCaskill having a vulnerable Governor Greitens in office and constantly in the news. Threatening to bottle up the House as some Democrats have suggested is again, playing short ball. On another note, it would be equally refeshing if the Star and the Post Dispatch put as much time as they do calling for the Governor’s resignation and impeachment, and put some of that time and resources into the shenanigans going on in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s office – which we reported first.

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