Greitens wants police to investigate prosecutor

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Attorneys for Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens say they’ll ask police to look into alleged misconduct by the St. Louis prosecutor’s office in the handling of a felony charge against the governor.

Greitens’ attorney Ed Dowd said the defense team will be filing a report Tuesday with the St. Louis police department about the alleged misconduct.

Prosecutors dropped a felony invasion-of-privacy charge against Greitens on Monday after a court ruled that prosecutor Kim Gardner had to answer questions under oath from Greitens’ attorneys. Greitens’ lawyers claim Gardner allowed a private investigator to commit perjury and withhold evidence from defense attorneys.

Gardner’s office has said the charge stemming from Greitens’ 2015 extramarital affair be refiled by a special prosecutor or an assistant in her office.