https://justthenews.com/govern..._campaign=newsletter

An ex-FBI agent who led the bungled investigation into former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens pleaded guilty Wednesday to witness tampering in a deal that spared him from a trial and placed additional spotlight on the prosecutor behind the case.

William Tisaby appeared in a St. Louis Circuit Court and entered the plea to one count of misdemeanor evidence tampering and was sentenced to probation , which was immediately suspended. It was not immediately clear whether Tisaby was required to cooperate in any further investigation.

https://fox2now.com/news/willi...gator-pleads-guilty/

Tisaby had been facing trial on six counts of perjury and one count of evidence tampering in an indictment that accused him of hiding evidence and lying during the investigation into Greitens, a Republican who was forced to resign as governor after St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner charged him as taking a compromising photo of a woman he had an affair with.

The charges were dramatically dropped when Gardner admitted she did not have evidence the photo was taken and the woman testified she may have dreamed up the allegation.

Gardner has not been charged with criminal wrongdoing but has been accused by Missouri's chief legal disciplinarian with violating dozens of attorney standards of conducts during the prosecution, including withholding exculpatory evidence. She faces a hearing on those allegations on April 11 and has denied wrongdoing.

A 2019 indictment accused Tisaby of lying during a deposition ahead of the Greitens’ trial and concealing notes taken during an interview with the former governor’s accuser. Prosecutors charged that Tisaby's lies were “about matters which could substantially affect, or did substantially affect, the course or outcome of the Greitens case.”

Greitens is trying to make a political comeback, running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate in Missouri. Greitens' campaign was set back earlier this week when his ex-wifemade allegations of abuse, which he has denied.

Let's all meet William Tisaby:

POS

He should be behind bars.

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Originally posted by gearhounds:
He should be behind bars.

I agree, but that’s what you get when judges have sentencing guidelines. With no criminal history , the misdemeanor he pled to automatically goes to probation.

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I bet his Momma is proud!

The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree deal. He’s a cheap 2 bit liar that will not see time because he’s black. Mom raised a crook & liar.

I can't believe a St. Louis prosecutor filed even misdemeanor charges against this Dem operative.

Now, Gardner should waste no time and sue them both personally in civil court for damages. Send the message. Go for houses. Pensions. Assets. Licenses. Certifications. All of it.

The FBI has fallen from its once high standards. It may never recover and Wray has always been a slimeball, maybe one of Trump's worst picks.

Can a lawyer here in the forum explain to me how perjury & evidence tampering by a federal agent results in one misdemeanor?

This is banana republic shit.

The simplest answer is "prosecutorial discretion". Not every crime is treated equally by a prosecutor. Decisions to prosecute are based on political considerations as much as on evidence.

I understand the concept. I'm just pissed about it in this case.

Greitens should seek monetary compensation against all offending parties including the state for defamation.

The end justifies the means, some people need to be sacrificed for the greater good, never waste a good crisis....

To those in power or cahoots with the super left, nothing is too much to get to their chosen results. Crusaders..

he is a shit stain

Seems to me they are rolling out the Judge Roy Moore playbook.

Accuse him and get him to end his candidacy then drop charges after the election and the damage is done, i.e. the Dems get their Senator elected.

If Greiten is guilty of the new accusation by his wife, then he can resign after he is elected as Senator.

I hope the Show Me state voters dont let outside forces and the press decide their next Senator.

HK Ag

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I hope the Show Me state voters don't let outside forces and the press decide their next Senator.

Since you bring it up...
Greitens is raising all of his money out-of-state. He doesn't attend local events. He's more of a "national" candidate than a local candidate.

Both Eric Schmitt and Vicky Hartzler have more appeal than Greitens to local Republicans in Missouri.

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Originally posted by vinnybass:
I understand the concept. I'm just pissed about it in this case.

And only then because you know this case exists. Things like this happen all across the country every single day.

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Originally posted by chellim1:
The simplest answer is "prosecutorial discretion". Not every crime is treated equally by a prosecutor. Decisions to prosecute are based on political considerations as much as on evidence.

This has unfortunately has resulted in many big city DA's minimizing or, not even pursuing charges against career criminals even in the face of repeated and sometime heinous crimes being committed.

The Left has been crying about criminal justice reform for several years now, the reform that may be coming, may very well be making sure that prosecutors are following the law and making sure their directions are in-fact protecting the citizenry, rather than pursuing ideological outcomes.

I know absolutely nothing about Missouri politics, so I must rely on other sources. It would seem by Kurt Schlichter’s latest column that he is not enamored with him though.

https://townhall.com/columnist...ic-greitens-n2604916

The GOP Needs to Reject Losers Like Eric Greitens by Kurt Schlichter

Politicians are fungible – in almost every instance, one candidate is essentially replaceable by another – and this is why we must be utterly unsentimental about them. They owe us loyalty, and they have a fiduciary duty to us to win or to get out of the way in favor of someone who can. And this is why Eric Greitens, aka Kinky Todd Akin, needs to drop out of the race for the Missouri Senate seat.

Greitens is the ex-Democrat who changed into a Republican to become Missouri governor, a post he quit in disgrace one step ahead of impeachment by a GOP supermajority. There are plenty of accusations against him, including domestic abuse and tying his girlfriend up in the basement and snapping photos of her. Because Missouri is "50 shades of Red," his "50 shades of Grey" antics and his myriad other issues make him the only Republican capable of losing this race. And if we lose this seat, we likely lose the Senate. And if we lose the Senate, we may lose America.

I'm not willing to give my country over to the left because of Eric Greitens' ego.

This guy was a SEAL officer, but it's irrelevant that a bunch of his SEAL comrades detest him. We don't need to reach or decide that issue, or even his many others. His myriad issues exist, and they will make him lose. He's been wounded by them, mortally, in large part due to his own indiscipline, and an officer should put the mission ahead of himself. But Greitens is not doing that. He knows he's risking the seat when other candidates – like Missouri's outstanding AG Eric Schmitt (who I have interviewed on-air) – are just as conservative as Greitens is in his current, post-Democrat pose. Remember that Greitens used to oppose constitutional carry, but he "evolved" when he switched from being a Democrat a few years ago.

There is no reason for Missouri voters to risk the seat because this guy wants vindication. Maybe some or even all of the accusations – go Google "Eric Greitens scandals" and set aside a couple of hours to read up on them – are exaggerated or outright lies. So? It does not matter because he's damaged goods, fair or not. He owes us, not vice versa, and he's risking the seat. This is not about vindicating him. It's about saving our country. He puts that at risk, so he must move aside.

We're not here to deliver some sort of justice to Eric Greitens – in fact, as Senator Josh Hawley, no squish, pointed out, justice here might be handcuffs. We are here to win and rescue America. His ego is in the way. If he gets nominated, he's Todd Akin 2.0, except that Todd Akin was a nice guy who said dumb things (I recommended he quit too as he was likely to lose), and Greitens is, well, Greitens.

Yes, he was accused of vile conduct in a family law case. I defend a lot of people accused of bad things in civil suits, and sometimes people make stuff up – especially in family law cases. But then, I didn't choose to either 1) abuse my wife and kids or 2) marry someone who would lie about me abusing my wife and kids. Greitens did one or the other, and he's got to sort this out. Frankly, he needs to fix it with his family now. He's selfish to stay in – it's unbecoming of an officer to put his own desires first.

Yeah, I played the officer card. And I have held other officers to that standard even where it hurts. Sean Parnell was running for Senate in Pennsylvania when his ex-wife made allegations against him in a custody case. I know him, and I did not believe a word of it, but it was there, and it made him a liability. Sean, an Army officer and combat vet, did not need to be told to do the right thing. He just did it. He put the mission and his kids first. He pulled out and chose to focus on his family. I hope he is able to heal his family and that he comes back in the future – I'll be his Number One supporter because he showed character and selflessness in putting the mission and his family first even in the face of charges he vehemently denied.

Neither the mission nor his family is first with Greitens, and that's disqualifying.

Now, there is a good argument that we can't just buckle at every accusation because that gives the Democrats a veto. But these are not just ridiculous lies like those against Brett Kavanaugh, and you need to ask yourself why Schmitt and the others running are not getting hit with domestic violence and bondage claims, too, if it's so effective. Greitens quit for a reason. If he wanted to clear his name, he should have told the Republicans looking to impeach him to "Bring it on."

This is not the result of some establishment conspiracy – I and a lot of others who aren't allowed in the same ZIP code as the establishment want this spoiler gone. Senator Mitch McConnell did not do this – Greitens did. It was Greitens who was utterly embarrassing when being interviewed by Hugh Hewitt (I sometimes guest host for Hewitt). And the other candidates are all solid conservatives – Greitens does not hold a monopoly on his newly-embraced hardcore positions. There are other options for hardcore conservatism without the bondage baggage.

We don't need Greitens, but the Democrats do. They made sure to vote for Todd Akin in the primary because he was weak, and we endured six years of Senator Claire McCaskill because of it. They want Greitens as the nominee so bad they can taste it, because he's their only chance at winning. Want proof? Go on Twitter and look at all the faux-MAGA accounts fulminating when actual conservatives point out that this guy is poison. Forty-three followers, 52 followers, 23 followers – all Democrat bots. All working to get this anchor nominated so they can hang him around the Missouri GOP's neck right down the ballot.

The Democrats have made their choice, and soon Donald Trump will too. Let's hope he doesn't choose poorly. His endorsement matters, but if Trump endorses Greitens, he endorses a loser. Several of his prior endorsements have disappointed him so far, and Greitens certainly will. After all, Greitens has disappointed everyone else.