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Karl Rove Denies Greitens Allegations That He and McConnell Orchestrated Plan to Get Greitens Out of Senate Race

March 28, 2022 5:53AM CDT
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Karl Rove Denies Greitens Allegations That He and McConnell Orchestrated Plan to Get Greitens Out of Senate Race
FILE- In this May 17, 2018, photo, then Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens waits to deliver remarks to a small group of supporters. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

(MISSOURINET) –  U.S. Senate candidate and former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens says GOP consultant, Karl Rove, knew in advance his ex-wife was going to accuse him of physical abuse.

Greitens says Rove and allies of Republican U.S. Senate Leader Mitch McConnell were in on a campaign to drive him from the race since Greitens opposes McConnell being the GOP Senate leader.

In an interview with KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Rove denies any advance knowledge of former Missouri First Lady Sheena Greitens alleging her ex-husband abused her and their children.

After the allegations surfaced, a new MoScout/Remington Research Poll of 914 likely Republican primary voters show Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt now leading the U.S. Senate race.

Schmitt leads with 24-percent, compared to Greitens’ 21-percent, Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler’s 19-percent, Congressman Billy Long’s nine-percent, St. attorney Mark McCloskey’s five-percent, Missouri Senate President Dave Schatz’s three-percent and 19-percent are undecided.