Still, Mr. Greitens, only a year and a half into his first term in office, remains entangled in a legal and political thicket, and his future remains very much in doubt. In dropping the invasion-of-privacy charge, prosecutors cited the defense team’s decision to call the St. Louis circuit attorney, Kimberly Gardner, as a witness in the case. “The court’s order leaves the circuit attorney no adequate means of proceeding with this trial.”But the case had other troubles from the start. Months after bringing the charge against Mr. Greitens, prosecutors still had not obtained such a photo, despite searches of the governor’s cellphone and electronic cloud accounts. The woman at the center of the case was a reluctant witness as well, declining all media interviews and pleading for privacy.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2018 22:25 UTC