Niigata Prefecture Gov. Ryuichi Yoneyama resigned Wednesday over what he described as “misunderstandings” in relationships with several women, a move that

It might be one of the most shocking political fallouts of the #MeToo era. A governor once viewed as a rising star in the Republican Party, in part because of his squeaky-clean image, is now in the midst of a sex scandal and legal troubles that very likely will ruin any national ambitions he had and

Missouri’s attorney general called on Governor Eric Greitens, a fellow Republican, to resign on Wednesday, saying the findings of a newly released state legislative report on the sex scandal embroiling the governor are grounds for his impeachment.

Missouri Governor Eric Greitens was once a rising GOP star—with not-so-secret presidential ambitions. Now he faces mounting calls for his resignation amid a sex scandal that grew only more serious Wednesday night, when a state House committee released a graphic, 25-page report with testimony from a woman who claims he …

Apr 13, 2018 · (Reuters) – Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, charged with criminal invasion of privacy in connection with an admitted extramarital affair, faced mounting pressure to resign on Thursday after lawmakers presented detailed allegations of and blackmail from the woman involved. A group of

In contemporary politics, sex scandals are not always career-ending. But the allegations surrounding Missouri’s Eric Greitens are vastly more serious.

The details of Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ (R) sex scandal make it more damaging than most. The Republican governor concedes he had an extra-marital affair, which occurred the year before he launched his campaign for statewide office, but as part of the story, Greitens is also accused of trying to blackmail his former mistress to keep their

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds won’t talk about Missouri governor’s sex scandal. Greitens, a Republican and a former Navy SEAL, was the headliner at Reynolds’ Harvest Festival fundraiser in October in Des Moines.

Eliot Laurence Spitzer (born June 10, 1959) is a retired American politician, attorney, and educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 54th Governor of New York from 2007 until 2008.

Apr 19, 2018 · NIIGATA–Nuclear-power proponents were already accelerating plans to restart two reactors in Niigata Prefecture following Governor Ryuichi Yoneyama’s resignation and admission April 18 that he paid women for sexual relations. “I will ask the new prefectural governor to start discussions on the