JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owner of a political publication based in Jefferson City says he hired a lawyer who's also representing the ex-husband of a woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.
The Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn in a live Twitter video Monday said he hired attorney Al Watkins because he's working on a book about the 2016 gubernatorial campaign.
Attorneys for Greitens say Faughn delivered one of two $50,000 payments to Watkins' law firm.
The chairman of a committee investigating Greitens says the House plans to subpoena Faughn.
Watkins represents the ex-husband of a woman with whom Greitens says he had an affair. Watkins testified during a deposition Monday as part of a felony invasion of privacy case against Greitens. The Republican governor is accused of taking an unauthorized and compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015, before he was elected.
Faughn also said he previously obtained audio the ex-husband took of the woman detailing an encounter with Greitens. Faughn says he didn't share the audio with others.
