ST. LOUIS (AP) – Jury selection is taking longer than expected in the criminal
trial of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
Opening arguments had been expected to begin Monday. Instead, attorneys who
began screening 160 prospective jurors last week are to continuing doing so
Monday. And that process is now expected to last into Tuesday.
Greitens is charged with felony invasion of privacy for allegedly taking and
transmitting a photo of a woman in a compromising position without her
permission in March 2015.
The Republican governor has denied any criminal wrongdoing but has
acknowledged having an extramarital affair with the woman. He hasn’t directly
answered questions about whether he took the photo.
The affair ended more than a year before Greitens won election in November
2016.
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