“The Navy appeared reluctant to reinstate former Navy SEAL and Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens in 2019 until Vice President Mike Pence’s office appeared to intervene, according to newly released documents” KMOV reports.
“Greitens resigned as governor in 2018 amid several scandals, including campaign misconduct allegations and accusations that he took a compromising photo of a woman without her consent during a 2015 extramarital affair. Navy officials subsequently expressed reservations about Greitens rejoining the military in emails the Kansas City Star obtained. ‘I would be disinclined to grant a major misconduct waiver for anyone with an indictment such as his based on what we know now,’ Rear Adm. Brendan McLane, then-commander of Navy Recruiting Command, wrote in an email dated Jan. 11, 2019. McLane’s objections were dismissed after the vice president’s office appeared to show interest in the matter. Pence’s office denied any involvement in Greitens’ reinstatement.”