Message-Destroying App Didn’t Violate Sunshine Law

“A circuit court judge in Missouri ruled Monday that Republican former governor Eric Greitens did not violate the state’s Sunshine Law — which guarantees ‘openness in government’ — when he and staff members used a ‘self-destruct’ app that automatically deleted their text messages,” the Washington Post reports.

Kansas City Star: “Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem said because the text messages were automatically deleted, it meant they were never officially retained—and therefore were not covered by the Sunshine Law.”