Greitens' self-destructing texts inspire call for attorney general investigation

JEFFERSON CITY -- Revelations by The Star that Gov. Eric Greitens uses an app that deletes text messages after they’ve been read outraged Missouri Democrats, who are calling on Attorney General Josh Hawley to open a formal investigation of the governor’s office.

They are also vowing to push legislation aimed at ensuring the state’s open records law isn’t being undermined.

On Thursday, The Star reported that Greitens and his senior governmental staff use Confide, an app that destroys a text message after it has been read. The app also prevents someone from saving, forwarding, printing or taking a screenshot of the text message.

Because the app deletes texts automatically after they’ve been read, it is impossible to determine whether the governor and his staff are using it to conduct state business out of view of the public or whether the texts should be considered a public record.

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