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Pressure grows for Greitens to step down

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Gov. Eric Greitens is facing more bipartisan calls to resign or face impeachment.

The latest calls follow a 24-page report released by the Missouri House regarding the Greitens scandal. The report contains allegations that he abused and tried to blackmail a woman he was having an affair with.

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, said the report “contains shocking, substantial and corroborated evidence of wrongdoing."

“The conduct the report details is certainly impeachable, in my judgment,” Hawley said in a statement. “The people of Missouri should not be put through that ordeal. Gov. Greitens should resign immediately.”

The report contains instances of physical abuse, jealous rage and manipulative behavior by Greitens.

Read more from Reuters.

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