JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – An attorney for Greitens for Missouri is looking to redirect the allegations concerning The Mission Continues donor list, suggesting that a former aide took the list for the veterans’ charity and shared it with an anti-Greitens political group.
In a statement issued Thursday by Catherine Hanaway, she called the allegations against Greitens unfounded and said that Greitens’ defense team had asked for the House Special Investigative Committee on Oversight to cross-examine witnesses making the allegations that Greitens had improperly used the donor list, but have not done so.
“They ought to, because, based on our research, it turns out that one of those witnesses actually did steal this list and use it improperly – in support of one of the Governor’s political rivals,” Hanaway said in the statement. “That’s right; a political organization called Patriots for America improperly used The Mission Continues donor list.”
Hanaway continued, saying that Patriots for America had emailed anti-Greitens attacks to those donors. She pointed to Danny Laub as the source of the list, saying that, as a disgruntled employee, he had taken the list with him and gave it to Patriots for America, which had supported Republican candidate John Brunner.
“An email sent by Patriots for America attacking the Governor was received by a personal friend of the Governor’s—and TMC donor—who did not reside in Missouri, was not a Republican, was not a campaign donor, and was not even on the Greitens for Missouri email. The only list with his email was The Mission Continues list,” Hanaway’s statement read.
Hanaway released a December 2015 email from a Greitens’ campaign staffer confirming that she used the charity donor list for political fundraising, while also showing suspicions by Greitens staffers that Laub had delivered the list.
Laub’s attorney, Sandy Boxerman, later responded with a statement denying any wrongdoing.
“Danny Laub did not send any list of The Mission Continues, or anything else, to Patriots for America. After he left the Greitens campaign in the Fall of 2015, Danny in all respects abided by nondisclosure agreements he had with Mr. Greitens and his organizations. Danny has previously testified at great length and under oath about these matters. He truthfully and completely answered the questions asked of him. He has no interest in the outcome of the various investigations and inquiries now going on. We do note, for what it’s worth, that after he left the campaign Danny remained a supporter of Mr. Greitens in his efforts to be elected governor of Missouri. Danny, and his attorneys, are offended at the baseless allegations made against him today.”
Benjamin Peters was a reporter for The Missouri Times and Missouri Times Magazine and also produced the #MoLeg Podcast. He joined The Missouri Times in 2016 after working as a sports editor and TV news producer in mid-Missouri. Benjamin is a graduate of Missouri State University in Springfield.
