Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens to resign after months of scandal

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced Tuesday that he will step down from office Friday, abandoning a monthslong effort to stay in office as he faced felony criminal charges and threats of impeachment by the state Legislature.

"I love Missouri, and I love our people. That love remains," a somber Greitens, a Republican, told reporters in Jefferson City, the state capital, where legislators had called for his resignation and a legislative oversight committee was investigating the governor's conduct.

Greitens, who has previously said he was the victim of a political witch hunt, said Tuesday that millions of dollars in attorneys' fees and what he described as legal harassment and personal attacks