Hawley's office: 'Not unusual' that Greitens' lawyer monitored staff's Confide interviews
Attorney General Josh Hawley's office is continuing to defend its investigation into how Gov. Eric Greitens and his senior staff used Confide, a cellphone application that deletes messages after they are read.
A spokeswoman for Hawley reached out to the News-Leader on Monday to set up an interview Tuesday with an attorney in Hawley's office on the condition that the lawyer not be named.
This interview followed a 45-minute conference call Friday with several Missouri reporters and Darrell Moore, the former Greene County prosecutor who oversaw the Confide investigation. The investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing after accusations that Greitens and his staff may have been violated the Missouri Sunshine Law and state statutes on records retention.
Some of the governor's top aides admitted to using Confide to send messages related to public business but said the content was limited to topics like scheduling meetings. Missouri law does not require these kinds of transitory communications to be retained.
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