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Publisher hires lawyer involved in Greitens case

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owner of a political publication based in Jefferson City says he hired a lawyer who's also representing the ex-husband of a woman who had an affair with Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens.

The Missouri Times publisher Scott Faughn in a live Twitter video Monday said he hired attorney Al Watkins because he's working on a book about the 2016 gubernatorial campaign.

Attorneys for Greitens say Faughn delivered one of two $50,000 payments to Watkins' law firm.

The chairman of a committee investigating Greitens says the House plans to subpoena Faughn.

Watkins represents the ex-husband of a woman with whom Greitens says he had an affair. Watkins testified during a deposition Monday as part of a felony invasion of privacy case against Greitens. The Republican governor is accused of taking an unauthorized and compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015, before he was elected.

Faughn also said he previously obtained audio the ex-husband took of the woman detailing an encounter with Greitens. Faughn says he didn't share the audio with others.

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