Lawmakers press Missouri governor probe despite dropped case

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens may have gained an argument against impeachment when a St. Louis prosecutor dropped a criminal charge against him, but the governor's "great victory" seems to have done little to slow legislative momentum for an effort to try to remove him from office.

A day after the charge was dismissed, a House investigatory committee signaled that it's pushing forward with its own expanded investigation into allegations that extend beyond Greitens' acknowledged extramarital affair to his means of raising money for his 2016 gubernatorial campaign.

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