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Fri, May 15 2015 00:53:25

Missouri Speaker John Diehl resigns after texting scandal; reaction, a 24-hour recap

John Diehl on Thursday resigned as speaker of the Missouri House in the wake of a story published by The Star barely 24 hours earlier about texts replete with sexual innuendo between him and a college freshman in an internship. Here is a recap of the events, plus reaction.

  1. The new Speaker of the #MOHouse, Todd Richardson, addressing the media in the House Chamber. #moleg https://t.co/NDGdXcMjev
    The new Speaker of the #MOHouse, Todd Richardson, addressing the media in the House Chamber. #moleg  https://instagram.com/p/2rsKyAM7FR/ 
    Joshua Foster@SoCoGOP
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    Fri, May 15 2015 00:35:36
  6. These tweets showed up Thursday evening of the former speaker with friends.
  18. Thursday developments: The House came in session at 10 a.m. on Thursday. Diehl, who usually presides, was not present. The chamber quickly recessed until the afternoon — a highly unusual pattern for the second-to-last day of the legislative session.

  25. Wednesday's developments, in tweets
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