(AP) — A St. Louis judge will allow the special prosecutor to withdraw from the perjury and evidence tampering case against a former FBI agent who was hired by St. Louis’ top prosecutor to investigate former Gov. Eric Greitens.
Judge Michael Stelzer posted the decision late Wednesday.
He appointed Robert Russell, a western Missouri prosecutor, to take over from Gerard Carmody, a private attorney in St. Louis, in the case against William Don Tisaby.
Russell is the Republican prosecuting attorney in Johnson County.
Tisaby is accused of lying in a March 2018 deposition leading up to Greitens’ criminal trial.
Greitens, a Republican, was governor at the time.
