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Case Against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens Can Proceed, Judge Rules

Many fellow Republicans have urged the governor to resign, after he was accused of photographing the woman he had an extramarital affair with without her consent. He has refused.
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens failed in his attempt to have the case against him dismissed. He appears here in a police booking photo from February, provided by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

The felony invasion of privacy case against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens can continue, Circuit Judge Rex Burlison ruled in St. Louis on Thursday. Many of Greitens' fellow Republicans have urged him to resign; he has refused.

"Burlison announces he will not dismiss" Jason Rosenbaum.

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