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Read full report from Missouri House committee investigating Greitens allegations
Highlights from investigative report on Missouri Governor Greitens
April 11, 2018
Signed by: Chairman Jay Barnes, Vice-chairman Don Phillips, Ranking Member Gina Mitten, Rep. Jeanie Lauer, Rep. Kevin Austin, Rep. Shawn Rhoads and Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr.
This report contains content of a sensitive and sexual nature. The House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight has kept descriptions of an adult nature and coarse language in order to provide an unfiltered record of witness testimony. In some cases, the identities of witnesses and sensitive information have been redacted from the record to protect privacy.
The House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight (the Committee) was formed by Speaker Todd Richardson on February 27, 2018, and consists of seven members: Chairman Jay Barnes, Vice-chairman Don Phillips, Ranking Member Gina Mitten, Rep. Jeanie Lauer, Rep. Kevin Austin, Rep. Shawn Rhoads, and Rep. Tommie Pierson Jr.
House Resolution 5565, adopted by a unanimous vote of the House of Representatives on March 1, 2018, established procedures for the Committee. In particular, HR 5565 empowered and required the Committee to "investigate allegations against Governor Eric R. Greitens" and "report back to the House of Representatives within forty days of such committee being appointed[.]" It further permitted the Committee to close all or a portion of hearings to hear testimony or review evidence, and to redact testimony transcripts and other evidence to protect witness identities or privacy.
Subpoenas were issued to compel the appearance of witnesses and the production of documents. Every witness before the Committee testified under oath.
▪ On February 22, 2018, Speaker Todd Richardson indicated he would form a committee to investigate allegations against Governor Greitens (Greitens). In response, counsel for Greitens stated that they would "welcome reviewing this issue with the independent, bipartisan committee of the Missouri House of Representatives." Counsel promised to "work with the committee," after faulting the Circuit Attorney for the City of St. Louis for refusing to meet with Greitens. (Footnote 1)
▪ On February 27, 2018, the Committee was formed by Speaker Todd Richardson.
▪ On February 28, 2018, Chairman Barnes made contact with attorneys Ed Dowd, Counsel for Greitens; Scott Simpson, counsel for Witness 1; and Al Watkins, counsel for Witness 3.
Requests were made for production of documents.
▪ Counsel for Witnesses 1 and 3 timely responded to the Committee's request for documents. Counsel for Greitens declined to provide any documents, stating that they were under a non-disclosure order from the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis in an existing criminal case not to disclose documents from that case. However, the Committee notes that only one of the requests for documents to Greitens involved documents from the current pending case.
▪ On March 7, 2018, pursuant to subpoena, the Committee took testimony from Witness 1.
▪ On March 9, 2018, pursuant to subpoena, the Committee took testimony from Witness 2, who identified herself as a close friend of Witness 1, and Witness 3, the ex-husband of Witness 1.
▪ On March 12, 2018, pursuant to subpoena, the Committee took testimony from Witness 4, a close friend of Witness 1.
▪ On March 22, 2018, Chairman Barnes sent requests for sworn answers to interrogatories to counsel for Greitens, and requested that counsel be prepared at a meeting the next morning to provide available dates and times at which Greitens could testify before the Committee.
▪ On March 23, 2018, Chairman Barnes, Vice-chairman Phillips, and staff attorneys Alex Curchin and Alixandra Hallen met informally with Ed Dowd, counsel for Greitens and Ross Garber, counsel for the Office of the Governor of Missouri. Chairman Barnes informed counsel that, although Greitens did not have a constitutional right to testify before the Committee at this point, the Committee was treating the process as if he did. Chairman Barnes requested that counsel inform the Committee by Monday, March 26, 2018 whether Greitens intended to exercise or waive his right to testify before the Committee at this point in time.
▪ On March 26, 2018, counsel for Greitens informed the Committee that Greitens would decline to testify before the Committee at this point in time. The Committee notes that Greitens has the constitutional right to so decline, and that the Committee has treated this process as if he also has the right to testify at this point in time.
▪ On April 3, 2018, the Committee met to discuss the process for redactions of the record and drafting of this report.
▪ On April 5, 2018, the Committee met to vote on redactions of the record and discuss a draft of this report.
The Committee operated under significant time and resource constraints pursuant to the resolution. The Committee also notes that Greitens has declined to participate in this fact-finding process at this time. Greitens declined to provide the requested testimony, documents, and sworn answers to interrogatories. Greitens enjoys a fifth amendment constitutional right not to testify in his criminal trial - and before this Committee. Yet, it is also true that he enjoys a constitutional right to testify in his criminal trial if he so chooses. Further, this Committee treated the process to date as if Greitens also had a right to testify before it.
Greitens has effectively waived the right to testify before this Committee at this point in time. Thus, to the extent this report does not include Greitens' perspective, that is the result of his choice not to participate. While disappointing to the Committee, his failure to participate is not held by the Committee as an indication of the truthfulness of the allegations. Finally, the Committee also notes that Greitens will be afforded further opportunities to present evidence should additional proceedings of the Committee be deemed necessary.
Finally, this Committee was not tasked with recommending specific actions for the House of Representatives or Senate to take following this report. Instead, the Committee's purpose, per HR 5565, is to determine, to the best extent possible, the underlying evidence to allegations made against Greitens. Accordingly, while individual members of the Committee may have recommendations and beliefs about appropriate actions given these facts, those beliefs are the Committee members' as individual representatives, not of the committee as a whole. The Committee also notes that the seriousness of this process is such that it would be inappropriate for it to make recommendations after a series of closed hearings and before other elected officials and the public have been made aware of the facts included in this report.
A. Conduct in Relation to Witness 1
Based on the testimony and evidence received by the Committee to date, the Committee finds reason to believe the following:
1. The Committee finds Witness 1 to be an overall credible witness.
2. Witness 2, a confidant of Witness I, testified she has known Witness 1 for ten years (Footnote 2)
3. Witness 3 authenticated a surreptitious recording of a conversation with Witness 1 that took place on March 25, 2015, approximately four days after Witness l's sexual encounter with Greitens.
4. Witness 4, a confidant of Witness 1, testified that she has known Witness 1 for thirty years, dating back to elementary school. (Footnote 3)
5. Greitens declined the opportunity to testify and failed to respond to the Committee's request for production of documents and sworn answers to written interrogatories.4 The Committee notes that Greitens has the constitutional right to so decline, and that the Committee has treated this process as if he also has the right to testify at this point in time.
6. Witness 1, a hair stylist, met Greitens in 2013, when he became her client. 5 Witness 1 testified:
He became a regular client of mine. And-I don't know. I saw him pretty regularly, unless he was traveling. Seemed pretty typical... we got to know each other pretty well, and I thought he was great. I thought he was this perfect guy. I probably knew too much about what he had maybe done in the past, as far as - I knew - I knew that he was an author, I knew he was a motivational speaker, I knew he was a Navy SEAL. I knew he had volunteered at the Mother Theresa House ... I don't want to say that he was speaking highly of himself, but he found a way to tell me these things, and so I just thought he was wonderful. (Footnote 6)
7. From the fall of2014 to March 2015, Greitens did not make any appointments with Witness I. Then, on or about March 7, 2015, Greitens returned for a haircut: (Footnote 7)
[W]hen I saw Eric was coming in that time, I was super nervous because he was one of - you know, really, my only client that I had somewhat of a crush on and thought he was this great guy, and so I just felt kind of nervous having him come in, and because I thought that maybe he didn't come in to see me after that time because he felt bad flirting with me, because he was having a baby soon. (Footnote 8)
8. Witness 1 testified that, during the March 7 appointment, Greitens moved his hand up her leg and "all the way up to [her] crotch" without her consent. (Footnote 9)
9. On or about March 7, Greitens attempted to call Witness I on her cell phone, but she did not answer. (Footnote 10) Witness 1 explained her feelings:
I was at least curious. Did he have the same feelings for me? Was he going through something similar with his wife? Why did he feel like he could do that? Because he didn't know I was separated. So, anyway - so I was at least curious. I didn't want to talk to him, but I did want him to call me. (Footnote 11)
10. On or about March 14, Witness 1 called Greitens while she was out with friends in the Central West End area of St. Louis. Witness 1 testified:
[W]e were trying to have a conversation in code of sorts, like, I'm really - my friend is really curious - she's in a situation. She was really curious what happened and why ... you know, it was kind of in code. The way he was talking, I could tell he was most likely at his house because he wasn't really talking.
And - so he said, Actually - hey can you meet me outside of Starbucks in an alley - oh, because he asked me where I was, and I said - I was in the Central West End with some of my friends ... (Footnote 12)
11. They met for a few minutes in an alleyway behind Starbucks. There was no sexual contact during this meeting. Witness 1 testified:
[H]e asked where I was, and I said I was at a restaurant in the Central West End - a Mexican restaurant there. And he said, Well, can you meet me in a few minutes in the alleyway behind Starbucks, because I think I have a solution to your friend's problem. So I said, Okay. And I went over to kind of where he was talking about behind the Starbucks, and I was, like, shaking, because I was nervous to even be talking to him like this. And he kind of hugged me and just said, Listen, calm down, it's not - it'll be okay. I have an idea of, you know, of a time when we can talk about this openly. Next weekend, my wife is going out of town, you can come over to my house, we can discuss these things, because ... I have to get back to my house in a minute. (Footnote 13)
12. On Friday, March 20, Witness 1 called Greitens from her salon and told him, "I don't feel comfortable coming to your house, can you please meet me at Starbucks or Coffee Cartel?" Greitens responded that he could not be seen in public with her because he was running for office and people would be watching him, especially in the Central West End. Instead, he insisted they meet at his house where she could "come in through the back door, nobody will see you, we can talk, you can get back to work, it'll be fine." (Footnote 14)
13. Witness I arrived at the backdoor to Greitens' home at approximately 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 21. (Footnote 15)
14. Witness 1 had to be at work by approximately 7:45 a.m. that morning. (Footnote 16)
15. Upon entering the home, Greitens made a "shush motion" to Witness 1, took her purse and keys, removed all items from her purse and searched it, patted her down from head-to-toe, and then went back outside to check if anyone had seen her enter the home. (Footnote 17)
16. Witness 1 testified that she was nervous, and Greitens attempted to calm her down. Greitens asked if she could come back later after she finished working. Witness 1 informed him that she would be finished at 4:00 p.m., but that she had to pick her children up at that time so she could not return that afternoon. Witness 1 then testified to the following:
[H]e said, Well, okay, I have this idea. And I thought about you so much, and I have this idea, and it's to make you feel good. I feel like you haven't been treated good in so long. And I said, Well, I want to talk to you. I want to know what is going on in your relationship. You don't even know what's going on in mine. And he said, I know ... but we don't have a whole lot of time. Have you exercised today?
It was like he was on a mission, sort of, like this kind of high energy - it was kind of high energy. And I said, No I haven't exercised. And he said, Will you let me take you through an exercise - like, through a workout? I just have this idea. It's going to make you feel so good and - for whatever reason, I trusted him, thought this is okay, this is - somehow we're going to get to this - I don't know - I'm going to leave here feeling more clarified that, obviously, he has feeling for me. (Footnote 18)
17. Witness 1 explained that Greitens had prepared clothes for her to change into:
So he said, I have these clothes I want you to put on. He had clothes sitting on his countertop. I want you to go change into these - take off all of your stuff - take off everything you're wearing and put on these clothes. And I just kind of looked at him like, Oh, God, what do you have? And he said, Just trust me .... I just want to make you feel good.
So I went - he has, like, a little bathroom off his kitchen, and I went in there, changed into these clothes. The shirt was his - like, a man's white T-shirt that he had cut a slit at the top, and the pants were men's pajama pants. (Footnote 19)
18. When Witness 1 emerged from the bathroom wearing the clothes Greitens had set out for her, Witness 1 testified that Greitens told her he would show her "how to do a proper pullup." Witness 1 testified that she believed "this is going to be some sort of sexy workout." (Footnote 20) She explained, "I thought this was going to be some sort of, like, sexy workout. I knew he - he had asked if I worked out that morning. I knew he - he said he had this idea that - something that would be - make me feel really good and I did work out, because he wanted to take me through a workout. And at this point I thought-we hadn't worked out together ever, so I thought, Oh, maybe it'll be some sort of - I don't know - sexy workout." (Footnote 21)
19. Witness 1 testified that she "was shocked" and "confused" at that point in time:
I still really thought he was perfect. He definitely knew - I know I had made it clear I had not cheated on my husband before and that, you know, I didn't want to do anything physical with him. So I think I was just confused, kind of shocked. And I was curious enough - he likes me this much that he has something planned for our workout? I don't know. I - I guess more than anything, confused." (Footnote 22)
20. At that point, Witness 1 testified that she would not have been "okay with a normal sexual encounter with him if he said, Hey I just want to have sex in the basement." (Footnote 23)
21. When asked if she thought she was being led into a "a situation," Witness 1 testified:
I did. But at this point, not a bad situation ... More that he had a plan and - like I said, I think I really thought maybe he will, you know, have some sort of sexy workout planned, which is why - because he said, Change your clothes into these, and I said, What do you mean? And he said, I just want to take you through a workout, come on. Just trust me. I want to make you feel good. And I just feel like you haven't been treated good in so long. So at this point, it was more curiosity/confusion. (Footnote 24)
22. Upon entering the basement, Witness I testified that Greitens taped her hands to pull-up rings with "this gauzed tape stuff' and then put a blindfold on her. Witness 1 testified that these items were laying on a "workout bench right there, and that's where he had that stuff." (Footnote 25)
23. Witness I testified to Greitens' demeanor at the time, stating, "[H]e kind of had this controlling sort of - again, it almost as if he had a - like we were on a movie set. So he's got this whole thing down of what he was going to say or whatever, but he was super - he was in a controlled state, which at this point was intriguing to me." (Footnote 26)
24. Witness I testified that Greitens then spit water into her mouth:
And then he said, First, before we start a workout, you have to be hydrated and puts water in his mouth and tries to spit it in my mouth, at which point I realized he's trying to kiss me, but I don't even want to kiss him ....
So I just spit it out. He does it and he's like, You're not going to be a bad girl, are you? Tries to do it again, to which I just let it dribble out, because I didn't even want to kiss him. (Footnote 27)
25. Witness I testified that she had not spoken to that point, and that Greitens then, "[S]tarts kissing down my neck and he staiis kissing kind of like down to my chest. And he takes the shirt and rips it open." (Footnote 28)
26. Witness I testified that she did not consent to Greitens' tearing of the shirt, exposing her. (Footnote 29)
27. Witness I testified that Greitens then commented on a scar on Witness l's stomach, before "kissing down [her] stomach" and "pull[ing] down [her] pants." (Footnote 30)
28. Witness I testified she did not consent to Greitens pulling her pants down to her ankles. (Footnote 31)
29. After Greitens pulled down her pants, Witness I testified, "[T]hen I hear him kind of, 1 ike, step back - take a step back and I hear - I can hear like a, like a cell phone - like a picture, and I can see a flash through the blindfold." (Footnote 32)
30. Witness I testified that she felt like her "privacy was invaded." 33
31. Witness 1 testified that she never saw an actual picture. 34 Nor did she recall "the first time she saw his phone. " (Footnote 35)
32. On April 9, 2018, the Committee was made aware of a motion filed in the criminal case by Greitens' counsel that asserted Witness I testified as follows:
Q: Did you ever see him in possession of a camera or phone?
A: Not to my knowledge. I didn't see him with it.
Q: And as you sit here now, you cannot state under oath that you ever saw him in possession of a camera - with a camera or a phone?
A: Correct.
Q: And you can't say you saw it on his person, you can't say you saw him put it down in the kitchen, take it from the kitchen, or put it down anywhere in the basement. Those are all correct statements, are they not?
A: Yes, I cannot say.
The motion notes that, when asked by the Assistant Circuit Attorney, "did you see what you believed to be a phone?" Witness I answered," ... I haven't talked about it because I don't know if it's because I'm remembering it through a dream or I - I'm not sure, but yes, I feel like I saw it after that happened, but I haven't spoken about it because of that." (Footnote 36)
33. When asked whether she had reason to believe a photograph of her was transmitted in a way that allowed access via a computer, Witness 1 stated she knew "he had an iPhone ... And if he had iCloud, yes." (Footnote 37)
34. The committee does not possess any physical or electronic evidence of a photograph or its transmission. (Footnote 38)
35. Witness 1 testified that Greitens then said, "You're not going to mention my name. Don't even mention my name to anybody at all, because if you do, I'm going to take these pictures, and I'm going to put them everywhere I can. They are going to be everywhere, and then everyone will know what a little whore you are." (Footnote 39)
36. Witness 1 explained her reaction:
I just stood there, because I was like What the fuck? He doesn't have feelings for me, he just wants to fuck me. So anyways, I was completely silent. I didn't say anything, especially - so I didn't even - my husband traveled for a living, and I didn't even let him get pictures of me. So I just stood there quietly, and then he came up close to me and he said, Are you going to say anything? Are you going to mention my name? Of course, in my head, I was screaming, Fuck, all I want to do is tell people right now. I'm dying. This is the most embarrassing thing that's ever happened to me. So I just didn't answer at all, and then he spanked me and said, Are you going to mention my name? And I said - I just gritted through my teeth and I said, No. And he's like Good - now that's a good girl and was, like, back in his - whatever - you know, the thing that he had in his mind, the thing that he was going to do with me. (Footnote 40)
37. Witness 1 testified that Greitens began kissing down her stomach again, and "as soon as he got, like, low on me, I just started freaking out and I started ripping down my hands. I was like, Get me out of here. I'm not ready for this. I don't want this. I don't want this." (Footnote 41)
38. Witness 1 described her emotions at that point:
I was definitely fearful. I was so embarrassed and ashamed, because I really felt like a whore because I had let him get me in this position before we've even kissed.
I felt really used. I felt like what the - who are you? I think it was the thing that just kept playing through my mind is, who are you? What is this? What is this? Oh, my God, where am I? Get me out of here - because I just kept saying, Get me out of here. I'm not ready for this. It was also, too, that feeling of, I came here not wanting to do anything - nothing. (Footnote 42)
39. Witness 1 testified that after she stated, "I don't want this," Greitens "stood up and started helping me take down this tape. He was like ... calm down, it's okay. It's okay." (Footnote 43)
40. Witness 1 testified that she responded by stating, "No I'm leaving, I'm leaving." However, as soon as she "start[ ed] walking out - or going to go up the stairs, ... he grabs me and like - like, in a bear hug, and was like, Shh, shh, it's okay, calm down, calm down, and like, lays me down on this ground in the basement. ... Not, like, hard, like - I mean, I was like a puddle of - no. I just, like, was crying. " (Footnote 44)
41. Witness 1 then testified:
So he was laying there and I was laying next to him just crying - like uncontrollably crying. And he was like, Shh, shh, it's okay, it's okay. That's all he was really saying at this point. And he was trying to, like fondle my body ....
I'm bawling my eyes out. Yeah, so I'm still crying. And then he's like - I can tell he's still, like, in it - he's still in this - in this thing that he's got in his mind of whatever he's doing, and he's still like messing with me.
He starts undoing his pants, and he takes his penis out and puts it, like, near where my face is. And I'm like - so this guy literally just wants me for this, and this is all he wants, and then he'll let me - because at this point, too, I also know I have to be at work, and he's not going to let me leave, because he's obviously still horny. So I gave him oral sex at this point. (Footnote 45)
42. Witness I further testified that Greitens pulled his pants down and "pulled his penis out.. . max, six inches or something" from her face while she was still crying and felt that she had no other choice if she were going to get out of the basement. (Footnote 46)
43. As to whether she consented to oral sex at that point, Witness I testified, "It's a hard question because I did it - it felt like consent, but, no, I didn't want to do it." (Footnote 47) She further explained, "Coerced, maybe. I felt as though that would allow me to leave. That's what he wanted I felt that's what he wanted .... " (Footnote 48) Witness I then agreed with the statement that she "didn't feel necessarily able to leave without performing oral sex." (Footnote 49) She further testified, "Looking back, yes" she believed that saying no when she was bound and blind-folded extended to not consenting to further contact, but, "In the moment, I was so emotional" and that one of the emotions was "definitely" fear for her "physical self." (Footnote 50)
44. Later, Witness 1 presented conflicting testimony as to whether she was physically afraid at that particular moment. When directly asked, "Did you feel afraid to leave?," she answered, "No. Not at this point. I feel like he hadn't gotten what he wanted," but also affirming she was crying, under duress, felt as if she had no other choice if she was going to get out of the basement at that moment, and that it was only after feeling she had no other choice that she performed oral sex. (Footnote 51)
45. Witness 1 testified that after performing oral sex, "He did exactly what I thought he would do. He was just like, Okay. I literally got up - he didn't stop me from leaving. I walked upstairs, went into the bathroom, got dressed, and left and went to work. " (Footnote 52)
46. Witness 1 forgot her keys and had to return to Greitens' house to retrieve them after work. (Footnote 53)
47. Witness 1 testified that Greitens was waiting for her when she returned at the end of her workday at 4:00 p.m. She testified that she then confronted Greitens about the picture:
[H]e was already in the kitchen and opened the door and said, You forgot your keys. I said, Yeah. And I was obviously pissed. And he said, You're angry. And I said, I'm really angry. I'm so angry. That is not at all what I wanted to do, Eric. And he said, I know, I know, I just - I kept thinking about you. And I said, No, you took a freaking picture of me. My husband doesn't even have a picture of me. You took a picture of me. And he said, I know ... but you have to understand, I'm running for office, and people will get me, and I have to have some sort of thing to protect myself. And I thought about you, though, and I felt bad, so I erased it. To which - you know, I didn't believe him, but at least, he, like, acknowledged that it was messed up and had a reason why[.] (Footnote 54)
48. Witness 1 further testified that after she and Greitens talked for a while:
[H]e was back to kind of being that guy that I knew from the salon. It was extremely charismatic, very - kept looking at me straight in my eyes and engaged - like, I felt like he cared about me. He kept trying to hug me and touch me and kind of fondle me, meaning, like maybe hugging me and trying to put his hand up my shirt. And at this point, it - I was really kind of mixed, because I hated him from earlier, but I also loved the man that I knew before[.] (Footnote 55)
49. Witness 1 further testified that she had never been photographed in a state of partial or complete nudity either before or after March 21, 2015. (Footnote 56)
50. Witness 2 testified that she spoke with Witness I within days of the encounter between Witness 1 and Greitens on March 21, 2015. Witness 2's testimony about the contents of her conversation with Witness I is consistent with key portions of Witness l's testimony before the Committee. Witness 2 testified that, in an emotional phone call, (Footnote 57) Witness I told her:
"Greitens had suggested that she come over to his house, that she had said that she really didn't feel comfortable going there, that she would rather do something like talk at a coffee shop. He said that he could not do that because he could not be seen in public with her. And so - that he wanted her to come over to his house. And it was within walking distance of. .. where she worked, and that she did - she did end up going over there." (Footnote 58)
"She had went into his house, that he was trying to make her feel comfortable because she was nervous. He had given her some sort of loungewear - some sort oflounge pant to put on and some sort of T-shirt - not what she wore over there, but clothes that he had had, and that he invited her down to his basement to teach her how to do a proper pull-up - she's really into fitness." (Footnote 59)
"She went downstairs. He had bound her hands to some sort of pull-up equipment with some sort of tape that he had, put a blindfold over her eyes. He had ripped her shirt and pulled down her pants some, because - she has a ... a scar[.]. .. He had made some comment about that. " (Footnote 60)
"She had seen a flash through the blindfold and that he had taken a picture." (Footnote 61)
"[S]he did not consent" to the taking of the picture. "She said she was embarrassed and shocked that he had said that she had better not mention his name because he would then distribute the pictures. " (Footnote 62)
"[S]he was embarrassed and upset. She was married, so she was worried about the stuff being out. She has a family that she's close to, that she had gotten upset, and that Greitens was trying to comfort her, telling her that it was going to be okay, and that she did end up performing oral sex on him .... I think it was on a floor - a basement floor. She was upset, and he was consoling her. That's the only thing I can remember from that, besides the actual fact." (Footnote 63)
"[S]he had went back upstairs. She got back to the salon. She had forgotten her keys there, so she had to go back to his house. She was upset, she was angry, she was embarrassed, and that he said, Just don't worry about it; I have deleted the picture." (Footnote 64)
51. Witness 4 testified that she spoke with Witness I soon after the encounter between Witness I and Greitens on March 21, 2015. Witness 4's testimony about the contents of her conversation with Witness I are consistent with key portions of Witness l's testimony before the Committee. Witness 4 testified that Witness I told her:
"She said that she went to his home and that when she entered his home he had checked her for bugs as far as being bugged, wired I guess, and made her disrobe into one of his dress shirts. And he checked her purse and her belongings for any devices, recording devices." (Footnote 65)
"[A]fter he had blindfolded her that she had saw a flash type and recognized that he had taken a photograph of her, and he said that if you mention my name that I'll put this out there or put this on the Internet, something to that effect. And she got very upset and wanted to get down, wanted him to get her down. " (Footnote 66)
"[W]hen he said that to her about the photograph or that incident that he sounded different and that she was afraid at that point." (Footnote 67)
"[H]e helped her down, and was trying to comfort her. She was very upset. Freaking out was how she described it. And said that - he said that 'I deleted it. I deleted it." (Footnote 68)
"I don't know when this incident occurred. I'm not sure if it was from the original encounter or not, I don't know, but there's pieces of things that we've talked about and she had described an encounter where she was really upset and that she had given him oral sex and she said that she just did it so that she could leave." (Footnote 69)
52. On March 24 or 25, 2015, Witness 1 testified that she decided that she had to tell Witness 3 about the encounter. The resulting conversation was recorded by Witness 3 without her knowledge or consent, and portions of it have been broadcast on television. (Footnote 70) Witness 3 promised their conversation would not "leave the car." (Footnote 71) Witness l's statements in the conversation are consistent with key portions of her testimony before the Committee. In that conversation, Witness I told Witness 3:
"I met Eric a year ago and I instantly had a big crush on him. No, I never flirted with him. Never confided in him except for I talked about ... and he helped me with that and just talked about life and whatever. He is very motivating. That's his personality. He's very persuasive. He never flirted with me other than complimenting me a couple of times on, 'Oh, I really like your hair like that,' or whatever." (Footnote 72)
"[H]e quit coming in, and then I didn't see him at all for five months. Like I wasn't lying about that. And then he came in, it was a Friday, and I was so nervous to even have him come in because I knew that I had those feelings, those unexplained feelings of I shouldn't have a crush on anybody; I'm married; this is so stupid. So then I had really bad anxiety." (Footnote 73)
"He came in. Knowing that I felt better whenever he came in and I felt more calm and that made me feel better, but while I was shampooing his hair and telling him about my class - at first I thought it was just me, but then I realized it wasn't. He was - I was in the middle of talking and he was doing 'this' to my leg. And at first I ignored it because I didn't know if that was just me, and then I realized he was doing that and I said, 'Eric, you need" - well, I said, 'You need to stop.' And he looked at me and he said, 'What?' And then I said, 'You know what you're doing. I know what you're doing. You need to stop.' And he didn't say anything. And then he came back and sat down in the chair and I said - because there was silence. And I said, 'ls that why you didn't come in here for five months?' And he said, 'Yes.' Or, no, he said, 'Maybe.' Because I guess he was attracted to me. " (Footnote 74)
That she met Greitens on the weekend of March 14, but "nothing happened on the 141\" but that she had met him outside and he told her that he wanted to see her the next weekend. (Footnote 75)
"[O]n Friday, I called him from work and said, 'I'm going home .... I cannot come over. ... I would like to discuss or to try to get all of these thoughts away from me. Will you just meet me for coffee or something so that way we can just talk'. And he said, 'No, I can't - I can't be seen with you. This is wrong.' And I said, 'I know.' So he said, 'Just please come to my house. "' (Footnote 76)
"So on Saturday morning before my first client, I did go to his house .... For the first time. Ever. Like I said, nothing period, had ever happened or taken place until this snowball. This fucking tornado just happened. I know I brought it on. I showed up and I said, 'I'm only here to talk.' And he said, 'I know.' I said, 'I just want to tell you I feel like you're always hope because I don't know your relationship.' He doesn't talk about his relationship, at all. He didn't talk about himself at all, so I don't even know. But I said, 'I just had a feeling that you wouldn't be attracted to me if you didn't have a wife with a baby. I'm just trying to process why I'm feeling this way, and I hate it. I really hate it.' And then he - basically had been fantasizing about me, tried to live out that fantasy. He just coaxed me, kept talking to me gently and touching me, whatever he could do to still have that fantasy play out. And I did it." (Footnote 77)
"I was so confused with emotion. I can't even believe it because it's not really in my character. I don't even fucking know. I'm so confused. He said, 'I'll make you feel better. I'll make you feel good. Come downstairs. I want to show you how to do a proper pull up.' And I knew that he was being sexual, and I still let him. And he used some sort of tape, I don't know what it was, and taped my hands to these rings and then put a blindfold on me." (Footnote 78)
"And said, 'If you're going to do proper pullups, you need to know how to drink,' and I guess put water in his mouth and tried to pour it in mine and it scared me. And I spit because I didn't want to kiss him. I mean, I'm so .... I thought .... I thought." (Footnote 79)
"He just kept touching me over my clothes and just kept touching me. And then undid my clothes. I just didn't say anything at all. I didn't - I was just completely numb. I didn't even know. I was just numb. I just stood there and didn't fucking know. I was so - he was sort of messing with me with his hands." (Footnote 80)
"[A]nd he stepped back, and I saw a flash through the blindfold, and he said, 'You're never going to mention my name, otherwise there will be pictures of [you] everywhere.' ... He said, 'You're not going to mention my name, are you?' I didn't say anything. I didn't realize what - I don't know what the fuck I'm doing. And then he asked me again. And I just said, 'No. '" (Footnote 81)
"And then he tried kissing my stomach and tried to kiss me down there but didn't quite get there because I flipped out and I said, 'You need to stop. I don't want this. I don't want this. I don't want this.' And he instantly stood up and freaked out and took off the blindfold and undid my hands and said, 'I'm really sorry. Oh, my God .. .I'm so sorry. I thought - I want to be - I want to make you feel better. " (Footnote 82)
"I left my fucking keys at his place and so I had to go back and get the fucking keys after work .... And I showed up, said, 'I'm so sorry for what happened earlier. I'm just obsessed over you; it's wrong and in real life, but I need to not do that. I know. I love my wife, and I'm really sorry. And we should not ever talk again, and I hope that you get everything figured out. ... I said, 'Well, I'm leaving.' He said, 'Just stay for a little while longer, please.' And I said, 'No, I really have to go.' 'Please just stay.' And then he held me for a long time and then made me feel better, just kept kind of touching me . ... I just - it was like, I don't know 45 minutes of me being there, me leaving, and then him going, 'You know, are you sure you really want to go? I'm just never going to see you after this and.' ... And that was it." Witness 1 stated that she never touched him, but, "He kept touching me," that he turned her on, "and then didn't, did both," she felt "every emotion. " (Footnote 83)
When Witness 3 said, "You've been half-raped and blackmailed," Witness 1 responded simply, "Yes. " (Footnote 84)
When Witness 3 asked why she was "not going to tell anybody," Witness 1 responded, "When I came back, I said to him, 'I'm very, very pissed off at you. I'm grossed out. I'm so pissed off.' He said, 'I know.' 'You took a picture.' He said,' ... , it's just because I fantasized about you, I fantasized about all these things, and you could ruin my life. And - but I erased it. "' (Footnote 85)
53. Greitens came in for an appointment with Witness 1 approximately a week and a half or two weeks after her conversation with Witness 3. Witness 1 testified that Greitens first question was, "You didn't tell anybody, did you?" Witness 1 told Greitens that she had not, and Greitens told her that he could not quit thinking about her and wanted to see her again. (Footnote 86)
54. The next time Witness 1 met Greitens was for another appointment at the salon, for which Greitens arrived 30 minutes early so that he was the first appointment of the day. Witness 1 testified, "When he showed up, I consensually kissed him - so that would have been like the first time that I was - that was totally my decision. He came in - at that time we stayed clothed and everything, but essentially made out. And then he - my client - my coworkers showed up, I did his hair and he left. " (Footnote 87)
55. The next encounter between Witness 1 and Greitens occurred in May 2015. Witness 1 was reading a book outside her salon when Greitens drove by, stopped his car, and invited Witness 1 to his house that evening. Witness 1 agreed to meet him for "a little bit" and went to Greitens' house sometime around 6:30 p.m. She entered through the backdoor again, and the two of them had consensual oral sex. (Footnote 88)
56. The next encounter occurred on a Saturday in June 2015. Witness 1 testified:
I went out with a few of my girlfriends after work and then went over to his house afterwards. So this - my guess would have been I 0:00 p.m., kind of later. And at first was consensual, you know - he has a spare bedroom upstairs and took me up there, and we were, like making out at this point. My guess is at least seminude at this point. And he looks at me and asked me ... have you been intimate with anybody? And I said, What do you mean? And he said, Well, since you and I started - because he knew that I had been separated from my husband. And I said, Well, I slept with my husband - because I know at some point I had. And he slapped me across my face, just like hard to where I was like, What? Eric, what in the heck? You're married. Why would - what do you mean? And he just said, No. Like, that was - you're mine. This is - what do you mean you slept with your husband? You are not supposed to be sleeping with him, you know? And I said, I think you're screwed up from being in the Navy[.] (Footnote 89)
57. Witness I testified that she did not believe the slap was intended to physically hurt her. Instead, she said, "I felt like he was trying to claim me. "90 The slap did not leave a mark but "was just jarring. It wasn't sweet and gentle; it was forceful." (Footnote 91)
58. Witness I testified that immediately afterwards, "[W]e laid there and talked about him being in the Navy and what happened there. Because I know we talked about - there was a bomb that went off - I don't know. That was pretty much our conversation after that, because it was just bizmTe." (Footnote 92)
59. Witness 2 testified that she spoke with Witness I after the slapping incident, and that Witness 1 had told her:
[H]e was communicating with her through a TracPhone, and that she had went there. His wife was out of town, that she had - he had asked if she had any sort of sexual relationship with anybody since they had been together last. She stated that she had had sex with her husband - her husband at the time, and that that had made him angry, and that he had slapped her in the face and called her a whore. (Footnote 93)
60. Witness I testified that she spoke with Greitens a few times over the next week via a burner phone that he had purchased, and then "saw him one more time, which was in the morning before work." Greitens asked if she wanted to come over to workout. Witness I testified:
[W]e did exercise and went through, like, a workout, and then at the end of it, then it turned sexual in nature. And at first it was fine, and then we were in a position that would have been as if we were having sex, like doggy style, but we didn't ever have intercourse throughout all of the times that I saw him. So he was essentially, like fingering me and - but in that position, and out of nowhere, just, like, kind of smacked me and grabbed me and shoved me down on the ground.
And I instantly just started bawling and was just like, What is wrong with you? What is wrong with you? And I just laid there crying while he was just like ... you're fine, you're fine. You know, not really - I think he was just - I don't know. Maybe that's normal, but, to me, it's not. So, after that, I got ready and left and went to work. (Footnote 94)
61. Witness 1 testified that this incident "might have actually left a mark":
[I]t actually hurt, and I know that I actually was really scared and sad when that happened. The only reason why I say it might have actually left a mark is because I can remember afterwards looking in a mirror - so it was only maybe a week and a half, two weeks, tops, later that my husband and I were back together of sorts - at least considering it. I remember looking in the mirror and thinking, Can he see anything? So - I think that there's probably a good chance that there was something there. I didn't take pictures of it. (Footnote 95)
62. Witness 1 testified that Greitens was waiting for her when she left work that afternoon. He told Witness 1 "there's an issue" and she needed to follow him in her car. Eventually, they pulled into a parking lot by a Kmart and Greitens asked her to get in his car. He then told her, "Somebody has emailed my wife today. I think it's this Democratic operative that lives in my neighborhood." Witness 1 suspected it was actually Witness 3, and her belief was confirmed by later testimony and documents from Witness 3. (Footnote 96) Witness 1 testified that Greitens informed her that he planned to fly out to see his wife, convince her that Witness 1 was "running in the neighborhood," "came up to the door to get a book for [her] daughter," and that Greitens gave her a tour of the house and she "went out the back way." Witness 1 then told Greitens that they should not see each other again in any setting. She testified, "I said, No, do not come into the salon. This is not fair to me, this is not fair to your wife, just leave me alone." (Footnote 97)
63. In October 2015, Greitens came into the salon again and the receptionist told him Witness 1 had just had a cancelled appointment that Greitens could fill. Witness 1 then told Greitens again that she did not want to see him anymore. Greitens informed Witness 1 that his wife "doesn't think anything." After telling Witness 3 of the encounter that evening, Witness 1 then sent Greitens an email stating, "Please think of everyone involved and just leave me alone. Don't come in at all." (Footnote 98) Greitens never returned and Witness 1 never saw him again. (Footnote 99)
64. When asked why she would continue to have contact with Greitens after the first encounter, Witness I testified:
I've asked myself that so many times. I think it comes down to a few things. One, I felt really disgusted with myself that I allowed that first time to happen. Really embarrassed that he thought of me as a whore. And so after my - I told my husband and he was clear that he did not want anything to do with me, that he wanted to move into an apartment, and when Eric came back in and he was normal and so kind to me, that felt so much better and it allowed me to just ignore any of those bad feelings about myself, in particular. Because if I thought he was this horrible person, I really felt shameful of myself.
And so, I think I just wanted to feel better about it. I didn't want to think that he thought of me as just a whore. I wanted to think that he actually really liked me and wanted to have a relationship with me of sorts. (Footnote 100)
65. Witness I testified that she thought it was her intent at the time to have a relationship with Greitens:
I think at the time - I think - I don't even know. I think just to feel better than whatever I felt the day before. Because then I would have - we had chunks of time where we didn't see each other where I did feel more like myself, I started to feel better. And then when I would see him, it was almost like this excitement would build up, and then I would feel, you know, a ton of emotions again, and then I would feel awful and disgusting and I hated myself and it was horrible. And then I would start to feel better, and then he would come in again - you know, it was just such an up and down. Because I didn't want to be involved with somebody who was married. I didn't want to be having any feelings for him, in particular because I was so embarrassed about the first encounter. He basically made it clear that he felt that I was a thing to him. (Footnote 101)
66. Witness 4 testified that she had a similar impression of Witness 1 's motivation to continue to have contact with Greitens. She testified that Witness 1 "was very embarrassed by what had happened. She had been called a whore by her husband and felt as though she was a whore to Eric and was trying to find some thing that she felt that he cared about her for her to feel okay with herself. She was very critical of herself." (Footnote 102)
67. Greitens declined to testify, stating through counsel that he would be willing to testify at the conclusion of the criminal trial. Greitens also declined to provide documents, or answer interrogatories under oath: (Footnote 103)
On February 28, 2018, Chairman Barnes sent a request for production of documents to counsel for Greitens that included four requests, including one request for all documents produced in the criminal case against Greitens. Subsequent to the request, an order was entered prohibiting disclosure of information in that case. Accordingly, Greitens' counsel was prohibited from releasing the documents called for in one of the requests. However, the Committee's request was broader than the documents that had been disclosed in the criminal case, and Greitens' counsel did not provide those documents.
From February 28 to March 23, 2018, Chairman Barnes engaged in several conversations with Greitens' counsel in which he repeatedly informed Greitens' counsel that Greitens had the opportunity to testify before the Committee.
On March 22, 2018, Chairman Barnes sent requests for sworn answers to interrogatories to counsel for Greitens, each of which sought disclosure of the various computing devices and electronic communications accounts under Greitens' control. Greitens failed to respond.
On March 23,2018, Chai1man Barnes sent correspondence to Greitens' counsel requesting that they inform the Committee whether Greitens would exercise or waive his opportunity to testify by Monday, March 26.
On Monday, March 26, Greitens' counsel informed the Committee that he would be waiving his right to testify.
68. Though he waived his opportunity to testify before the committee, Greitens has been asked several times in public settings whether he took a picture during the encounter at on March 21, 2015.
69. On or about January 20, 2018, Greitens was interviewed by the Associated Press. (Footnote 104)
When asked, "Did you tie or bind the hands or blindfold your former hairdresser?" Greitens answered:
[T]his was a consensual relationship. There was no blackmail. There was no violence. There was no threat of violence. There was no threat of blackmail. There was no threat of using a photograph for blackmail. All of those things are false. The mistake that I made was that I was engaged in a consensual relationship with a woman who is not my wife. And that is a mistake for which I am very sorry, sorry to Sheena. I'm sorry to our boys. I'm sorry to our family, to our friends and to everyone who has been affected by that. Beyond that this is - it's a private matter and everyone involved has asked for privacy and I respect that and I'd ask you to as well. (Footnote 105)
b. When asked the follow-up, "Did you actually take a photo of her?," Greitens responded:
As I said, this was a consensual relationship, David. And there was no blackmail. There was no threat of using a photograph for blackmail. And there was no violence. The mistake that I made, as I said, was that I was engaged in a consensual relationship with a woman who wasn't my wife. And beyond that, everyone - Sheena, everyone has asked for privacy and again, we would ask you to respect that. (Footnote 106)
70. On January 22, 2018, Greitens held a press conference to discuss the state budget.
When asked, "[T]here's one point we want to clarify. Did you take a picture of the woman in question?," Greitens responded:
... I'm happy to address this for everyone here once. And to make sure that we can move on, and talk about the budget and other important priorities that are, before us. As I said before, I made a personal mistake years ago before I was elected. A personal mistake for which I take full responsibility. And it's something that Sheena and I dealt with years ago. We dealt with it by the book. We dealt with it openly. And it was hard, but with loving family and a lot of prayer and tremendous support, we've made it.
And I am grateful, grateful to Sheena, for her forgiveness and grateful to God, for His forgiveness. I'm also grateful for people around the state of Missouri who, at this time, come to us, with tremendous love and compassion and prayer, who have helped us through a very difficult time. And we also appreciate those who understand that this is a private issue that Sheena and I dealt with years ago that's now been dragged into the public. We look forward - I look forward to working with legislators in this building, people around the State of Missouri in getting their priorities passed and making a difference for them.
A lot of what's been put out is not true. There was no blackmail. There was no violence. There was no photograph for blackmail. There was no threat of using a photograph for blackmail. There was no threat of violence. The mistake that I made was that I was engaged in a consensual relationship and a mistake for which I am deeply sorry. For Sheena and I, that is where the story begins and ends. Everyone involved has asked for privacy. I'm going to respect that privacy and I would ask you to respect that privacy. (Footnote 107)
b. When asked the follow-up, "[T]he woman's now ex-husband asked her if she was quote "half-raped and blackmailed" and she said yes. How do you account for the difference in those two accounts?" Greitens responded, "Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, I have addressed everything in the answer that I just gave you and in the interviews that we did over the weekend. We are now - there's been a lot of people in the State of Missouri who are counting on us." (Footnote 108)
c. When asked another follow-up, "The question is: why did she say she was blackmailed and you say she wasn't?" Greitens responded, "I answered your question, and we answered them in interviews throughout the weekend. Does anyone have a question on the budget?" (Footnote 109)
d. When asked, "Governor, yes or no, did you ever take her picture?" Greitens responded, "Sir, again, I just answered. We answered them over the course of the weekend, and we are moving forward." (Footnote 110)
e. When pressed, "With all due respect, Governor, you haven't answered the photo questions." Greitens responded, "Sir - sir, I've answered your question. We answered them with multiple outlets this weekend, and we're moving forward." (Footnote 111)
71. On February 8, 2018 at a luncheon for the Missouri Press Association, Greitens was asked again, "[D]id you take a photograph of the woman?" Greitens responded, "Actually ... we have answered all of those questions." When pressed, "So what is the answer to that one?" Greitens responded, "We've answered them in multiple interviews with multiple people .... we're ready to move forward, which we have, which we are, and we have." (Footnote 112)
72. In review of the evidence as a whole, this Committee does not view Witness l's non-reporting of these events to law enforcement or others as bearing on her credibility.
73. Witness I did not initiate sharing these details with the public, law enforcement, this Committee, or anyone other than close friends. To the contrary, she testified that she would rather not have to endure recounting the events of 2015:
I'm angry that I'm in the middle of this. I am - of course, I'm upset with myself for any of my involvement with him. In particular, because he was married, but, also, because he didn't share the same type of feelings. And also because I was still technically married. But I'm also dealing with things for the first time these past two months that I never did before. I just pushed them aside because it was too scary. I didn't want to think about it. I didn't want to talk about it. I just wanted it to go away, and then maybe it never happened like that. And knowing that I'm in the situation and knowing that at this point, the only parts that Eric has denied are the parts that were hurtful. The other parts weren't traumatic to me at all. You know, it was - it was consensual, and those parts were not traumatic. The parts that he denies are the parts that I'm finally dealing with and going - I feel sad for that person I was. That was so vulnerable. I was so vulnerable. I just feel really taken advantage of, I think - and also by my ex-husband, hugely. (Footnote 113)
74. Witness 1 testified that she could not read the transcript of the conversation her husband had surreptitiously taped, "I started to read part of it, and I got to the part where he took the picture, and I just couldn't read it, so I have not read any of the rest of it." (Footnote 114)
75. Witness 2 described Witness I as suffering from anxiety and stress after the news reports in January. "[S]he never wanted this to come out. She would have never brought this out. She's got minor children; she has her own business and - a lot of stress." (Footnote 115)
76. Witness 3 repeatedly threatened her with release of information about Witness I and Greitens. Witness 1 testified that Witness 3 told her, "Just wait, because your good reputation ... your outstanding reputation is going to be ruined and so is Eric Greitens'. You guys are going to go down because I have proof of it." (Footnote 116) Witness I further testified that Witness 3 repeatedly said, "I'm going to ruin this guy, I'm going to ruin this guy." (Footnote 117)
77. Witness 3 released the recording to media outlets in December 2017. (Footnote 118)
78. Witness 3 testified that an unidentified third-party had paid at least $15,000 "to cover lawyer fees and all of the things that were about to happen to me financially because of the fallout" relating to these events. (Footnote 119)
79. The first time Witness 1 heard from a news organization occurred in December 2017 when a reporter named Lauren Trager "booked a fake appointment under a fake name, and ... came in and announced that she wasn't there for a haircut, that she was just working on a story about the governor." (Footnote 120) Witness l testified that she cried and asked Trager not to run a story, saying, "No, you do not understand how traumatic this whole thing is. I cannot go there. I have kids. My ex-husband is so, so vindictive, he wants to hurt me so bad. Please do not run this story ... please do not do this to me. I have children. I'm in school full-time. I work full-time - my life is so busy." (Footnote 121)
80. The next time Witness 1 heard from Trager was the day before the story aired. Trager told her that she was in possession of a recording. 122 Trager was soon informed by Witness 1 's counsel at the time that Witness 1 "does not want any part of this. Please do not do this." 123 Trager called Witness 1 's lawyer three minutes before the story aired, stating that Greitens had admitted to the affair and that they would air the story. (Footnote 124)
81. Witness 1 testified that she learned the story was going to air moments before it went live, explained to the Committee the circumstances of the airing of the report, and how she was forced to inform her children about it. (Footnote 125)
82. Witness 1 testified to concerns she presently has:
How will this affect my kids? Because it has already. What's going to come of all of this, you know? What will people think of me that don't know me? I've had huge support with family and friends and clients - and that's the other thing too. Beforehand, I thought what will happen to all of my clients? I have a huge client base, and I love my clients, and a big part of why we love each other is because I am - I'm a very open book, normally. This is the one thing I just kept in a pit in my stomach and I never talk about this. And so far, that's actually been a pretty good - my clients have been pretty good to me, for sure.
So now I think my fear is if this comes - becomes public - I'm in school full-time. So far I don't think the students on campus know, but then how does that affect my schooling? ... Does that push me back?
Luckily, I'm not as fearful physically anymore, because I feel like anybody would be crazy to hurt me because they would know who it is, so - that's one huge positive thing that's happened. (Footnote 126)
Footnote 1: See Ex. 23, Correspondence with Greitens' Counsel.
Footnote 2: Tr. W2 at 7:2-11.
Footnote 3: Tr. W4 at 7:19 to 8:15.
Footnote 4: See Ex. 23, Correspondence with Greitens' Counsel.
Footnote 5: Tr. W1 at 5:21 to 7:1.
Footnote 6: Tr. W1 at 6:8-24.
Footnote 7: Tr. W1 at 7:2 to 9:19.
Footnote 8: Tr. W1 at 9:11-18.
Footnote 9: Tr. W1 at 11 :6-11.
Footnote 10: Tr. W1 at 13:22-25.
Footnote 11: Tr. W1 at 13:9-15.
Footnote 12: Tr. W1 at 14:6-17.
Footnote 13: Tr. W1 at 15:11 to 16:1.
Footnote 14: Tr. W1 at 17:12 to 18:1.
Footnote 15: Tr. W1 at 18:11-15.
Footnote 16: Tr. W1 at 18:16-18.
Footnote 17: Tr. W1 at 18:25 to 19:22.
Footnote 18: Tr. W1 at 19:27 to 20:25.
Footnote 19: Tr. W1 at 2 I: 1-13; 86:8-17, answering in the affirmative to question posed by Rep. Lauer whether Greitens appeared to have "planned to have those available."
Footnote 20: Tr. W1 at 21: 14 to 22: I. This testimony is consistent with statements Witness I made to Witness 3 in the surreptitiously recorded phone call of March 24, 2015. See Ex. I at 16:24 to 17:5.
Footnote 21: Tr. W1 at 111:11-19.
Footnote 22: Tr. W1 at 86:22 to 87:5.
Footnote 23: Tr. W1 at 111 :20-23, responding in the negative to a question posed by Rep. Rhoads.
Footnote 24: Tr. W1 at 87:6-20.
Footnote 25: Tr. W1 a 22:2-5; 99:18 to 100:6; 102:13-23; Ex. 1 at 17:3-5.
Footnote 26: Tr. W1 at 22:5-10.
Footnote 27: Tr. W1 at 22:14 to 23:9. See Ex. 1 at 17:7-11.
Footnote 28: Tr. W1 at 22:22 to 23:12. See Ex. I at 17:13-19.
Footnote 29: Tr. W1 at 70:7-24, responding in the negative to question posed by Rep. Mitten.
Footnote 30: Tr. W1 at 23:12-19.
Footnote 31: Tr. W1 at 72:12-14, responding in the negative to question posed by Rep. Mitten.
Footnote 32: Tr. W1 at 23:19-23; 62:3-24, testifying that Greitens admitted to her that he took the picture and that she "could hear it and [she] could see the flash;" Tr. W1 at 78:13-25, testifying again to hearing a click, seeing a flash, and that Greitens "acknowledge[d] it after he took it and sa[id], I'm going to put this picture everywhere. And then whenever [she] came back, telling [her] that he had erased it;" Ex. I at 17:24 to 18:2, stating four days later, "[H]e stepped back, and 1 saw a flash through the blindfold, and he said, 'You're never going to mention my name, otherwise there will be pictures of[you] everywhere."
Footnote 33: Tr. W1 at 65:17-24, responding in the affirmative to question posed by Rep. Phillips. The Committee notes that this question was related to a general feeling of invasion of privacy and not necessarily to the elements required for a conviction under §565.252, RSMo.
Footnote 34: Tr. W1 at 103:15-17.
Footnote 35: Tr. W1 at 99:6-12.
Footnote 36: The Committee notes that it includes these quotes in the absence of a full transcript from the deposition. It does so in reliance upon Greitens' counsels' obligation of candor as officers of the court. The Committee also notes that, on March 23, 2018, Chairman Barnes informed Greitens' counsel that the Committee would support a motion by either party to the criminal case to make an exception to the current non-disclosure order in that case. "However, in the event any such evidence is provided, we would insist on having the complete set of evidence. In other words, we will not accept cherry-picked evidence from either the Circuit Attorney's office or your client." Greitens' counsel's motion may be found in Exhibit 23. Counsel for Witness I responded with a statement and an email asserting that said motion "mischaracterizes" her deposition testimony. Counsel for Witness l's statement and email is labeled Exhibit 24.
Footnote 37: Tr. W1 at 103:18-25.
Footnote 38: The Committee's requests for documents and sworn answers to interrogatories directed to Greitens sought photographs and information identifying all computing devices and electronic communications accounts under Greitens' custody or control during the relevant period. Greitens declined to respond.
Footnote 39: Tr. W1 at 23:24 to 24:5.
Footnote 40: Tr. W1 at 24:6-25; 101:20-25; Ex. I at 18:4-8.
Footnote 41: Tr. W1 at24:25 to 25:5; Ex. I at 18:12-16.
Footnote 42: Tr. W1 at 130:7-18.
Footnote 43: Tr. W1 at 25:5-7; 74:8-17; Ex. I at 18: 17-21.
Footnote 44: Tr. W1 at 25:8-16.
Footnote 45: Tr. W1 at 25:18 to 26:12.
Footnote 46: Tr. W1 at 132:6-25
Footnote 47: Tr. W1 at 73:22-24.
Footnote 48: Tr. W1 74:2-4.
Footnote 49: Tr. W1 at 74:5-7, responding in the affirmative to question posed by Rep. Mitten.
Footnote 50: Tr. W1 at74:18to75:I.
Footnote 51: Tr. W1 at 132:17 to 133:4.
Footnote 52: Tr. W1 at26:!3-17.
Footnote 53: Tr. W1 at26:18to28:I.
Footnote 54: Tr. W1 at 28:5-21; 88:2-10, testifying, "And that's when he explained ... 1 have to protect myself, and you have to understand this. You know, but I thought about you all day and I feel, you know- I erased the picture."
Footnote 55: Tr. W1 at29:10-19.
Footnote 56: Tr. W1 at I 04:21-24.
Footnote 57: Tr. W2 at 29:23 to 30:2.
Footnote 58: Tr. W2 at 9:8-16.
Footnote 59: Tr. W2 at 9:21 to I 0:3.
Footnote 60: Tr. W2 at 10:4-11.
Footnote 61: Tr. W2 at 10:11-13.
Footnote 62: Tr. W2 at 10:14-21.
Footnote 63: Tr. W2 at 10:25 to 11:12.
Footnote 64: Tr. W2 at 11:14-19.
Footnote 65: Tr. W4 at 11:12-16.
Footnote 66: Tr. W4 at 12:9-15; 32:7-20.
Footnote 67: Tr. W4 at 22: 19-21.
Footnote 68: Tr. W4 at 12:18-21.
Footnote 69: Tr. W4 at 16:4-1 0; 29:20 to 30:8.
Footnote 70: The transcript of the surreptitiously recorded conversation is part of the Committee's file labeled as Exhibit 1.
Footnote 71: Ex. 1 at 10:13-14.
Footnote 72: Ex. 1 atS:7-17.
Footnote 73: Ex. 1 at 8:25 to 9:7.
Footnote 74: Ex. 1 at 9:8 to 10:1.
Footnote 75: Ex. 1 at 13:11-14.
Footnote 76: Ex. 1 at 14:10-22.
Footnote 77: Ex. I at 15:14 to 16:12.
Footnote 78: Ex. I at 16:19 to 17:5.
Footnote 79: Ex. I at 17:7-12.
Footnote 80: Ex. I at 17:13-19.
Footnote 81: Ex. I at 17:24 to 18:8.
Footnote 82: Ex. I at 18:12-21.
Footnote 83: Ex. I at 19:9 to 20:23.
Footnote 84: Ex. I at 22:13-15.
Footnote 85: Ex. I at 22:16 to 23:1.
Footnote 86: Tr. W1 at 35:19 to 36:11.
Footnote 87: Tr. W1 at 37:23 to 38:4; Tr. W2at 13:18-22.
Footnote 88: Tr. W1 at 38:10 to 39:10.
Footnote 89: Tr. W1 at 39:17 to 40:13.
Footnote 90: Tr. W1 at 76:2-7.
Footnote 91: Tr. W1 at 119:12-16.
Footnote 92: Tr. W1 at40:16-21.
Footnote 93: Tr. W2 at 13:4-12.
Footnote 94: Tr. W1 at42:1-21; 120:8 to 121:2.
Footnote 95: Tr. W1 at 119:18 to 120:4.
Footnote 96: See Ex. 2, email stating "There is another woman in your home right now. I'm assuming you're out of town again. If you want to know more contact me here. I'm sorry. This isn't fake or spam. They are at the Maryland address."
Footnote 97: Tr. W1 at 42:20 to 44:2.
Footnote 98: See Ex. 20, screenshot of email from October 20, 2015 from Witness 1 to Greitens stating, "Eric, I am asking you to please consider all who are involved and the circumstances around us. I need you to not book at the salon anymore. This isn't fair to me, nor anyone close to us. Please respect me and my wishes. I need to move forward in my life as I know you are doing as well. Take care."
Footnote 99: Tr. W1 at 44:24 to 46:4.
Footnote 100: Tr. W1 at 88:23 to 89: 15.
Footnote 101: Tr. W1 at 89:18 to 90:10.
Footnote 102: Tr. W4 at 28: 1-6.
Footnote 103: The Committee notes again that Greitens has the constitutional right to so decline, and that the Committee has treated this process as if he also has the right to testify at this point in time.
Footnote 104: See AP Interview with Gov. Greitens. See also, Tr. Greitens's Public Statements at 3.
Footnote 105: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 5: 1-15.
Footnote 106: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 5: 16-25.
Footnote 107: See Greitens Budget Press Conference, Jan. 22, 2018. ; See also, Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 29:23 to 31: 12.
Footnote 108: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 32:8-19
Footnote 109: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 33:2-6.
Footnote 110: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 45:5-9.
Footnote 111: Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 46: 14-18
Footnote 112: See Mo. Press Association luncheon video: See also, Tr. Greitens' Public Statements at 48:8-17.
Footnote 113: Tr. W1 at 90:20 to 91:16.
Footnote 114: Tr. W1 at 108:2-5.
Footnote 115: Tr. W2 at 19:16-19.
Footnote 116: Tr. W1 at 49: 14-20.
Footnote 117: Tr. W1 at 47:3-4.
Footnote 118: Tr. W3 at 73:22 to 74:12.
Footnote 119: Tr. W3 at 53:24 to 54:9, Witness 3: "I spoke to the Post-Dispatch well before, and I have received nothing so far. My lawyer has a trust account that someone put something in after speaking to the Post-Dispatch, to cover lawyer fees and all of the things that were about to happen to me financially because of the fallout, but I had spent $ 15,000 or so dollars of my own prior to all of this [.] … And while I was talking to the Post, someone contacted my lawyer and said he was going to help with legal fees."
Footnote 120: Tr. W1 at 52:2-5.
Footnote 121: Tr. W1 at 52:6-16.
Footnote 122: Tr. W1 at 53:18-19.
Footnote 123: Tr. W1 at 54:!8-19.
Footnote 124: Tr. W1 at 54:24-25.
Footnote 125: Tr. W1 at 55: 1-24.
Footnote 126: Tr. W1 at 92:24 to 93:20.


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If we're going to beat them, we've gotta get President Obama's back right now.
Tonight is the first FEC filing deadline of 2012 and the first since the President's State of the Union. My friends at the DCCC are just $18,000 away from their $500K goal. Will you help put them over the top?
Show President Obama and Democrats nationwide you have their back. Contribute $3 or more right now and a group of committed Democrats will match your gift dollar-for-dollar.
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Hi, a week ago I enquired as to what tenancy agreement would be best for my situation. I stated that I was precluded from the use of ASTs as Housing Act 1988 schedule 1 part 1 states ASTs cannot be used for students. I have since been advised that I should go ahead and use an AST but given no reason that this is now legally acceptable. Can you tell me why ASTs can now be used for student tenancies though the Housing Act states they cannot. Has a new Act been passed, or has Housing Act 1988 been ammended or succeeded to allow students to be bound by ASTs, if not, how is everyone who tenants students under ASTs getting away with it, or are they simply unaware of the problems they will face because of this until they have to take a student tenant to court?
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Restructuring delivers profit boost for 7-Eleven Malaysia
New store openings are maintaining a modest 7-Eleven Malaysia sales growth rate – but improved margins are driving solid profit improvement.
The listed convenience store operator released its third-quarter results on Friday, which showed third-quarter sales growth of 1 per cent and year-to-date growth of 1.3 per cent.
But net profit was up 4.1 per cent for the quarter and 13.3 per cent year to date.
CEO Colin Harvey said net profit grew 27.6 per cent quarter on quarter.
"However, this is only the first step in the right direction towards where the organisation should be, and there is scope for improvement. I am confident that our strategy roadmap focussed on strengthening the key areas of, assortment, supply chain, operational excellence, store base, and digitally enabling the organisation will bear fruit in terms of financial performance, and overall customer shopping experience."
He said the group's net revenue of RM1.66 billion year to date was driven by growth in new stores and consumer promotion activity.
Continued store expansion has taken the network to 2259 stores.
7-Eleven Malaysia expects trading conditions for the next quarter to improve with the anticipated heightened consumer sentiment.
"We expect to see further improvements in the next quarter by pursuing our core strategy pillars of operations excellence, cost management and commercial innovation," the company said.


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We've been slowly downsizing our business with the plan to retire from metal work and have stopped doing craft shows. We can't purchase a lot of our supplies in the quantities we used to, to get the best prices, ie. metal, paint, and we see this as a sign that it's time to go on to other interests.
Vic and Motorcycles
I've exchanged one type of metal work for another. Just a hobby for now but it's something I've always wanted to do. I've been involved with motorcycles my whole life, both in fixing and riding but I've never had time to apply my metal working skills to it. I'm not sure if it's going to turn into a viable business but it's a fun hobby for now..
I put this bike together from 3 other bikes from the ground up. First I restored it to the original, then I took it all apart and redesigned and custom built everything but the gas tank which I modified and repainted. And YES for those who know about Cafe Racers....it can "do the ton!"
I still have bits of 8 or 9 other bikes (3 of them I've been saving in boxes since 1969!) so my hobby/work will continue...if Gayle let's me...
Good-bye oneofakind
It's the end of an era! After 37 consecutive One of a Kind shows, we've decided to rest our tools.The organizers are great, the customers are many and wonderful and the sales have always been good. But, 3 months of 20 hour workdays and then the 11 days of 12 hours sales is getting to be more than we can handle.We would like to spend a little more time in the sun and less time in the workshop.
We will still be doing smaller craft shows and our website will be active and updated during the year when we bring out new products.
|Our 1st booth at the One of a Kind show back in 1978. Boy, has our product changed over the years...
|Our penultimate booth......
We didn't make the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine, but we did make it into the Owen Sound Visitor's Guide
Hall of Fame for Fairthorne Studios
We were presented with the 2011 Hall of Fame Award at the recent London Home County Folk Festival. This Award recognizes artists who show a consistently high quality of craftsmanship, workmanship and creativity and we are honoured to be the recipients this year.
Here we are on stage at the London Home County Folk Festival in July, accepting the prestigious 2011 Hall of Fame Award.
One of our Tulip Wallart pieces was chosen as a prop in the TV series, Human Target, appearing on the wall in the apartment of one of the stars of the show.
We were presented with a special plaque from the One Of A Kind organization, for our participation in the show for the past 32 years. We started back in 1978 when there were only about 80 exhibitors. Now there are over 800.
We've attracted a lot of attention at the shows by wearing flashing bowties, lighted vests, special "Fairthorne" outfits, but the one thing that everyone remembers, even though it's been a few years since we've worn them, is our tuxedos - some with top hats, some white, some very formal tails. We've even won 'Best Booth' awards a few times, too.
It's been a lot of hard work but we've had fun with, and enjoyed serving our customers over the years. Thank you for your continued support.
Hat Trick for Fairthornes at Cobourg
For the third year in a row, we won a booth award at this show and were presented with another beautiful blue ribbon which we proudly displayed in our booth. Thank you to all of the helpful and friendly Rotary Club members.


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Parshat Noach
by Rabbi Avi Billet
All Harry Potter fans know that Lily Potter gave her life for her son, and what saved his life in his various encounters with the villain of the series (who must not be named) is Love.
The theme of Love was also the savior in Madeleine L'Engle's "A Wrinkle in Time" when minds and destinies were to be lost and destroyed were it not for love.
I am sure this theme is recast in many forms in countless successful books.
But it seems far removed from the tale of Noach, in a story in which it might have played a critical role.
Noach is certainly portrayed several times as being a "tzaddik" – a righteous man (6:9, 7:1). Rashi explains in 6:14 that Noach took 120 years to build the Ark because he wanted people to see what he was doing, so they could ask him about it. In explaining to them about the coming flood, he would be giving them the opportunity to repent, so the decree could be reversed.
While Noach merits to have his family join him in the Ark, Or HaChaim suggests they were unworthy of being saved. They were only brought on board because they were his family. After all, God told Noach "you are the (only) tzaddik I see in this generation." Was it love that saved his family? Or was it his righteousness? (My vote is not with "love.")
In the book of Bereshit, love appears a number of times. Yitzchak is loved by his father, who brings him to a mountain with intent to kill him. Yitzchak later loves Rivkah, but they turn out to have very different ideas on how to raise children, leading each to direct their love each to their own favorite son. Yaakov loves Rachel, but she is the only wife with whom we see him have a real spat (30:1-2). Shechem loves Dinah – which is beautiful, if we can call what he does to Dinah an act of love (we can't). Yaakov showers his love on Yosef, and the brothers hate Yosef because of that love. Even Yaakov gets angry with Yosef (37:10)
It would seem that love doesn't get the same honor and stature in the Torah as it does in modern literature. Which, in a way, is understandable. The Torah is not a romantic novel, nor is it a guide for the value of love. However, the Torah does inform us about life – about its ups and downs, its trials and travails, and about human triumph and suffering. Because unlike works of fiction, the Torah is very very real. And the narratives in the Torah have an incredible insight into the reality of the human condition.
But, I would argue, though the examples of love in the book of Bereshit are not all that inspiring, the idea of loving others – whether it's in the form of "loving one's neighbor" (Vayikra 19:18) or "loving the stranger" (Vayikra 19:34, Devarim 10:19) – is a key teaching of the Torah. Rabbi Akiva called it an essential teaching.
Aharon HaKohen is credited with being the success he was because he was a "Lover of peace and a pursuer of peace, who loved people and brought them close to Torah."
I learned a very important lesson this week, from a Tzanzer chossid I probably never would have met were I not invited to be the mohel for a very unique family. The baby's father grew up Chassidic, but lives a vastly different lifestyle now – absolutely Jewish, but not particularly observant. And yet he told me over and over how much he wants his parents and brother, who were to be flying in from Israel, to feel comfortable at the bris. "I don't live as a chossid. But I love them, and I respect them so much."
After my post-bris visit, I told his parents how much I admire their ability to embrace their son's choices, and to maintain the connection with him – despite the physical distance and the worldy-distance. His father told me they email each other several times a week, and of course speak on the phone. I complimented them – the parents – for keeping their son close to them.
And then his brother said to me, "He is also mekarev us." (He brings us close to him). "He has really opened our eyes. And we need that more than anything." This insightful comment really struck home.
How often do we see families torn apart over religious differences? How often are children rejected, or parents ignored, or grandparents deprived of a relationship with their grandchildren (which hurts both directions) on account of a fight or disagreement that should not be irreconcilable? Egos are hard to drop. Taking a stand in the name of religion or God is hard to give-in on. But we must recognize what the greater lesson, what the greater value is, when we encounter what we see as conflicts that cut to our core.
A Tzanzer chossid loves a secular Jew because he literally is his brother. And his eyes have been opened to the idea that life is much bigger than one way – that people can be Jewish in many ways, and they can still have a "Yiddishe neshoma," a Jewish soul.
Noach had his own conflict with his son Cham. His attitude was to curse his son. The result of that curse led to the birth of the seven nations of the land that gave ancient Israel so many problems. Avraham threw Yishmael out of his house, and sent away the children of Keturah. This may have similarly set the stage for the modern state of affairs facing contemporary Israel.
The Torah's examples of love are not the best. But the lesson we can learn is that love, when it is real, and when it comes from a place of tolerance, has the ability to bring the people from the furthest places to be as close as can be.
May Israel be blessed to be rid of the culture of hate that plagues any potential peace partners. As long as there is hatred, peace will never be achieved.


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Wall Street was mixed as it awaited an update about US President Donald Trump's plans to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports that would prompt a global move towards protectionism.
Trump will sign the formal proclamations on the tariffs at 3.30pm in Washington, the White House said in an emailed statement, Bloomberg reported.
"Looking forward to 3:30 P.M. meeting today at the White House," Trump tweeted on Thursday. "We have to protect & build our Steel and Aluminum Industries while at the same time showing great flexibility and cooperation toward those that are real friends and treat us fairly on both trade and the military."
In 1.29pm trading in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.3 percent. However, the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.1 percent. In 1.14pm trading, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index eked out a 0.02 percent gain.
US Treasuries advanced, sending the yield on the 10-year note three basis points lower to 2.85 percent.
"A lot of the same headlines seem to be getting recycled on daily basis—the tariffs and the concerns about protectionism, global trade war. It depends who says what over night, and what is hitting Twitter," Paul Powers, head of US and European sales trading at Raymond James, told Bloomberg.
"You have some people concerned that they're going to be put in place, then you get a headline overnight talking about countries that might receive exemptions," according to Powers. "So people take some solace there and you see some move to the upside."
The Dow moved lower as declines in shares of IBM and those of Chevron, down 1.3 percent and 0.8 percent respectively recently, outweighed gains in shares of Johnson & Johnson and those of Coca-Cola, recently up 1.3 percent and 1.1 percent respectively.
"As has been in the past, what President Trump says and what finally actually materialises are two different things," Randy Frederick, vice president of trading and derivatives for Charles Schwab in Austin, Texas, told Reuters. "It might be just wise to sit on the sidelines before we get some more clarity."
Meanwhile, Shares of Kroger dropped as the US grocery-store chain reported a decline in margins and offered an outlook that disappointed investors amid increased competition in the industry.
The company reported a decline in gross margin, which fell 31 basis points in the fourth quarter from the same period a year earlier.
Kroger is targeting identical supermarket sales growth, excluding fuel, to range from 1.5 percent to 2.0 percent in 2018, and expects net earnings to range from US$1.95 to US$2.15 per diluted share for the year, the company said in a statement. Fiscal 2017 net earnings were US$2.09 per diluted share and identical supermarket sales growth, without fuel, was 0.7 percent, it said.
"External pressures continue to weigh on the fundamentals—particularly the heightened competition from Walmart, Amazon-Whole Foods, Aldi, Lidl, and others—resulting in ongoing reinvestment in the business, which has been pressuring results," Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joseph Feldman said in a client note, Reuters reported.
The stock traded 12.7 percent weaker as of 12.23pm in New York.
In the latest takeover deals, Shares of Cigna sank, down 11.5 percent in 1.36pm trading in New York, after the US health insurer agreed to by pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts in a US$52 billion deal.
Shares of Express Scripts jumped, trading 8.4 percent stronger as of 12.37pm.
In Europe, the Stoxx 600 Index finished the day with a 1.1 percent rally from the previous close. The UK's FTSE 100 index gained 0.6 percent, while Germany's DAX Index rose 0.9 percent, and France's CAC40 Index rallied 1.3 percent.
In a surprise move, the European Central Bank removed a reference to the potential of increasing the size or duration of its bond buying if needed.
"Incoming information, including our new staff projections, confirms the strong and broad-based growth momentum in the euro area economy, which is projected to expand in the near term at a somewhat faster pace than previously expected," ECB President Mario Dragh said in a statement at the end of the central bank's meeting.
"This outlook for growth confirms our confidence that inflation will converge towards our inflation aim of below, but close to, 2 percent over the medium term," Draghi noted. "At the same time, measures of underlying inflation remain subdued and have yet to show convincing signs of a sustained upward trend."
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When the Paw Patrol went on a rescue mission up north, they came across a feisty pup named Everest who loved the snow. When Everest and ski lodge manager Jake got to talking, it did not take long for Everest to become part of the Paw Patrol.
Now the Paw Patrol Everest's Rescue Snowmobile gives your child a chance to act out some of Everest's exciting rescues and see what other types of adventures this chilly Paw Patrol pup can get into.
This toy is a very accurate re-creation of the character and vehicle from the Paw Patrol television show. The snow treads move to allow the smooth movement of the vehicle, and the Everest figure fits perfectly in the driver's seat. There is a grappling hook your child can use for rescues, and there are two snowblower exhausts in the back to make removing snow easier.
Because this toy has some smaller parts that could create choking hazards for younger children, the manufacturer recommends the age range for this product to be three to eight years old.
Some small parts can be removed while others remain attached, but parents should heed the age range for the safety of their children.
The current retail time of writing price for this toy is $49.99, which does not take into account sales tax or shipping charges. Parents are urged to ask their favorite online retailer if there are any pricing specials or discounts that will help save money when purchasing this toy.
The Paw Patrol Everest's Rescue Snowmobile is a handheld toy that offers a few interactive features to help to spur a child's imagination. Those features include:
The idea behind toys like this is to entertain children while keeping the price down for parents. To that end, there are several features that either are lacking in this toy or are only there for show. Those features include:
These types of toys are perfect for ensemble groups like the Paw Patrol because they allow parents to buy all of the characters for their children without spending a lot of money. The toy is also lined with decorations that are only for show and offer no interactive properties at all.
The Paw Patrol Everest's Rescue Snowmobile arrives ready to go right out of the package. There is no assembly required, and there are no batteries required either. This toy weighs less than one pound, so it is safe for children to play with and easy for parents to put back in the toy box at the end of the day.
Everest's Rescue Snowmobile is part of a set of products that represent all of the members of the Paw Patrol. If you are looking for accessories to enhance your child's enjoyment of this toy, then consider getting the similar toys for Ryder, Chase, Marshall, Rocky, Zuma, Skye and Rubble.
There is also the Paw Patroller toy available that fits six characters and their vehicles to help the Paw Patrol head off on a far away adventure. You can also get the Look-out Playset and get the Paw Patrol started on a rescue mission in Adventure Bay from their own home base.
For a similar toy that is not part of the show, Super Wings has a fun product called Transforming Dizzy that may be appealing to a Paw Patrol fan.
This is a little pink helicopter named Dizzy that can transform into a two-legged character with a big smile. Dizzy is also part of a set of characters that all transform back and forth between two-legged robots and vehicles. If your child likes rescue toys, then Dizzy can be their companion on plenty of rescues and adventures.
Just a small comparison/back up toy to look into that we figured we through in here since this toy is more of a unique part of the show item.


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The practice of pharmacy compounding is becoming a popular solution to veterinary problems. Animals often have variations of the same diseases humans can have, including skin rashes, infections, heart conditions, cancer, and diabetes. Medicating pets presents unique problems that often are best dealt with through compounding.
Veterinary medications can be compounded into various forms to meet the needs of your pet.
Common dosage forms include:
• Oral Suspensions (water-based)
• Oral Suspensions (oil-based)
• Chicken flavored capsules
• Transdermal creams or gels
• Powders (oral and topical)
• Chewable Treats (gelatin free)
Popular flavor options for pet medications include: bacon, chicken, beef, tuna, liver, peanut butter, apple
Compounded veterinary medications are a great alternative for finicky friends who will not take tablets, capsules, or liquid medications.


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This month kicks off the tour for the OWLS (Otaku Warriors for Liberty and Self-Respect). The theme for this month is Disruptor.
Disruptor: An individual or a group disturbing a system or social norm/ conventions that they believe is destroying what is morally right.
You will see a few Owls' members incorporating an anime that has a Disruptor or Disruptors.
Below are two of my favorite bloggers who have already posted. Please check it out!!!
OWLS Disruptors Blog Tour: Naruto
Below is the schedule for the rest of the tours for the month of January.
9. Venus (Japanime Talks)
13. Arria Cross (Fujinsei)
16. LynLyn (Just something about LynLyn)
20. Crimson613 (Crimson Blogs at Night)
23. Naja B. (Nice Job Breaking It, Hero)
25. Pink-chan (Pinky's Palace)
27. Takuto (Takuto's Anime Cafe)
30. Lita (LitaKino Anime Corner)
Make sure to check the tours out.
If you will like to know more about the Owls and how you can join, please click link below. 😀


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Stuff We Liked: Funky Jazz Steps, Tribute to a Bal Follow, Songs Never to DJ, and Django Finally on Film/
Holla Jazz is a dance troupe out of Toronto that has a "soulful, funky" approach to jazz movement. They shared this fun video "Holla Jazz Dance Dictionary" to showcase their style and flair.
Holla Jazz have an upcoming dance show called "Floor'd" from April 25-28. We'd love to check that out!
Other Stuff We Liked:
- Bobby White has a sweet tribute to Anne Mills, an "original Bal dancer" who passed away recently at the age of 96. Check out this compilation of her dancing over the years.
- Korean lindy hopper Nalla Kim has created a list of songs that a swing DJ should consider not playing for various reasons, particularly racist content. (And yes, it includes music featuring Steven Mitchell singing.) This seems particularly helpful for non-English speaking DJs. A crowd-sourced project, you can suggest a song for the list using this form.
- We're big fans of the music legendary swing guitarist of Django Reinhardt. Surprisingly, there has never been a movie made about his life until today. "Django" is a French-production focusing on his flight from France in German-occupied Paris in 1943. Streaming on Amazon.
- Last but certainly not least, those of you in the New York swing scene have long been dazzled by the sartorial artistry of Lana Turner of Harlem. Lana is featured in a lovely photo essay in a recent edition of The New Yorker with several stunning photos of Lana's many fashion treasures. She is kind of our hero.
Have something special you want to share with other lindy hoppers? Hit this link to share it with us, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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NTEN is proud to release a digital fundraising workbook designed for nonprofit professionals: Embracing Your Strategic Potential.
Taking you step-by-step through the development of a successful strategy, this workbook helps you craft a plan that includes a single goal, clear objectives, and detailed, measurable tactics. The framework is fit for organizations big and small, and emphasizes collaboration among relevant departments.
Written by digital fundraising consultant and trainer Todd Whitley, this 21-page toolkit will guide you from crafting a strategy through tactical implementation, testing, and review.
Thanks to our sponsor, DonorPerfect, we are able to offer this resource free of charge.
Click on the image and enter your name and email to opt in to NTEN alerts and download the workbook. You can change your email preferences at any time.
Todd Whitley leads our online course, Digital Fundraising Fundamentals, March 14, 2018.