Greitens ran as a political outsider with promises to clean up corruption, prevent tax hikes and enact a ban on mandatory union dues.
After the second felony charge was announced in April, leading GOP officials including Attorney General Josh Hawley, Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard and House Speaker Todd Richardson called for Greitens to step down.
Greitens had refused to leave even facing the prospect of becoming the first governor in Missouri’s history to be impeached.
Greitens had faced twin specters of unrelated scandal since early January.
First, on Jan. 10, he admitted to the world that he had an extramarital affair and denied associated claims that he blackmailed his mistress by allegedly photographing her in a compromising position and threatening to disseminate the image.
Second, Greitens had denied claims raised by Hawley that Greitens allegedly oversaw the theft of donor data from The Mission Continues, a pro-veterans charity Greitens founded prior to public service. Greitens also was accused by lawmakers of lying to the Missouri Ethics Commission about how his campaign obtained the donor information.