In December 2017 Democrats accused Greitens and senior members of his staff of subverting Missouri 's open records laws after the '' Kansas City Star '' reported that they used Confide , a messaging app that erases texts after they have been read , on their personal phones . Attorney General Hawley at first claimed conflict of interest , but on December 20 announced his office would investigate , saying that the matter was legally complex because the state Sunshine Law " was written decades and decades ago and has not been updated to take into account " technological changes . In March 2018 Hawley cleared Greitens , finding no evidence of wrongdoing . In late December two attorneys filed suit , claiming that use of such " self-immolating " apps by elected officials and government employees violates Missouri 's public records laws . On January 3 , 2018 , Rep. Gina Mitten filed House Bill 1817 , which would ban use of apps like Confide in conducting public business , and Speaker Richardson told the '' St. Louis Post-Dispatch '' that in its 2018 session the legislature might consider modernizing the state 's current open records laws . On July 9 , 2019 , Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem sided with Greitens , dismissing the claims that Greitens 's office had subverted or violated any laws . Beetem also ruled that as a private citizen , Sansone can not sue Greitens over alleged Sunshine Law violations . On December 31 , 2018 , the Special Investigative Committee on Oversight that was investigating Greitens released its final report . The '' Saint Louis Post-Dispatch '' reported , " Documents and testimony showed that Greitens ran an off-the-books gubernatorial campaign in 2014 and 2015 , and lied about his campaign 's acceptance of a charity donor list from the Mission Continues , a veterans charity Greitens founded in 2007 . " On July 18 , 2019 , KFVS televised an interview with Greitens about a leaked draft audit of former Missouri Director of Public Safety Drew Juden by Democratic State Auditor Nicole Galloway , rumored to be planning a run for governor in 2020 . Greitens can be seen leaving a building in his U.S. Navy uniform before changing clothes to speak to the station . He appointed Juden in January 2017 as Director of Missouri Department of Public Safety . Governor Mike Parson announced that Juden would be leaving the department in August 2018 . Juden later told KFVS that his dismissal signaled the state is “ going back to politics as usual ” . Juden says Parson ’s Chief of Staff , Aaron Willard , informed him the Governor ’s Office was going to take his agency in a new direction . Shortly following the appointment of former State Patrol Superintendent Sandra Karsten as his replacement , Auditor Nicole Galloway announced a departmental audit of DPS at Parson 's request . KFVS 's investigation found that Galloway 's audit of the department included only Juden 's time as Director . Juden told KFVS , " I was n’t going to sit here and be targeted by a bunch of political insiders to tear down my reputation . " When asked about his former Director of Public Safety , Greitens said , " You can ask any sheriff , any chief of police across the state of Missouri . They knew that when things got hard , Drew Juden was there for them . Not only did I expect for him to be ready 24/7 , he was ready 24/7 . ” The first draft of the audit KFVS obtained alleges that Juden had taken unreported time off , including " multiple personal vacations " , while Director . KFVS reported that one of the vacations alleged by the auditor 's office occurred during the civil unrest in St. Louis surrounding the verdict in the case of St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley . Juden and Greitens recalled that Juden spent several weeks in St. Louis preparing for and overseeing the response to the civil unrest and took no vacation . Following that revelation , Galloway 's office released a revised draft audit citing " the appearance of taking multiple personal vacations over this time . " KFVS reporter Kathy Sweeney reported that the Auditor 's spokesperson asked that KFVS not run the story
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