JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) Missouri is getting a new leader as its scandal-plagued governor steps down, elevating the lieutenant governor to the top job.
Republican Gov. Eric Greitens has said he will resign at 5 p.m. Friday.
Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Parson is to be sworn in shortly thereafter during a low-key ceremony in the governor’s office.
Greitens’ resignation is part of a deal with the St. Louis prosecutor to drop a felony charge alleging misuse of a charity donor list to raise money for his gubernatorial campaign.
Greitens also had faced the prospect of legislative impeachment. And he still faces the potential for a special prosecutor to refile a charge alleging sexual misconduct in an extramarital affair.
Parson will serve the remainder of Greitens’ term, which runs until 2021.
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