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Court Examines Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' Cellphone In Criminal Case

The prosecutors said there may have been efforts to delete a photo. A woman alleges — and Greitens denies — that he took a partially nude picture of her without her consent.

Behind locked courtroom doors, a forensic expert extracted data from Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens' cellphone and email on Tuesday, trying to determine whether he had taken a partially nude photo of a woman without her consent.

Greitens denies it, and prosecutors are looking for the alleged image.

The governor, a former Navy SEAL and a rising Republican star,

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