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Deadline extended for Missouri lawmakers investigating Greitens

Gov. Eric Greitens, at top, faces a state House committee investigation. The panel members are shown in clockwise order: Rep. Jay Barnes, Rep. Don Phillips, Rep. Kevin Austin, Rep. Jeanie Lauer, Rep. Gina Mitten, Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr, Rep. Shawn Rhoads.
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Gov. Eric Greitens, at top, faces a state House committee investigation. The panel members are shown in clockwise order: Rep. Jay Barnes, Rep. Don Phillips, Rep. Kevin Austin, Rep. Jeanie Lauer, Rep. Gina Mitten, Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr, Rep. Shawn Rhoads.

The Missouri House committee investigating Gov. Eric Greitens now has more time to do so.

The deadline for the committee to wrap up its investigation and recommend action has been extended to May 18. That’s four days after the Republican governor’s trial for invasion of privacy is set to begin, and the last day of the 2018 legislative session.

Despite the extension, the committee will still issue a report this week, Rep. Gina Mitten, D-Richmond Heights, a member of the Special Investigative Committee on Oversight, said Monday.

“That’s not necessarily the final report, but we will be issuing a report and at least partial transcripts of testimony and some exhibits on Wednesday,” she said. “It’ll be voluminous.”

Mitten also said Wednesday’s report will not contain any recommendations on whether the governor should be impeached, and she did not say why the extension had been granted.

“I can’t speak for other members of the committee, but I did support the extension to the extent that I believe there is more evidence that the committee needs to review,” she said.

The committee held another closed-door meeting Monday, after which chairman Jay Barnes, R-Jefferson City, refused to answer reporters’ questions as he left. But he later issued a statement confirming the extended deadline.

“Nothing has changed. The committee will release a report this week. The committee will also continue working through the end of session.”

Greitens’ criminal defense team has twice asked the committee to delay completing it’s investigation until after the governor’s trial.

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St. Louis Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a native of Mississippi and proud alumnus of Ole Miss (welcome to the SEC, Mizzou!). He has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off an old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Liberty Belle, and their cat, Honey.