
Republican donors funded an effort to sink scandal-scarred Eric Greitens' campaign for U.S. Senate, which ended in a resounding third-place loss in the Missouri GOP primary election.
Politico reports that megadonor Rex Sinquefield and GOP strategist Johnny DeStefano helped in the effort by launching an anti-Greitens super PAC as top Republicans repeatedly pressed Donald Trump not to endorse the former Missouri governor, who resigned over a sex scandal and was later accused of child abuse by his ex-wife.