One of the governor's former staff lawyers filed suit, claiming the governor fired him after he challenged the administrations e-mail retention practices.

Scott Eckersley says the firing happened after he protested the deleting of government e-mails which violates Missouri's open-records law.

Blunt's administration says it fired Eckersley because he wasn't doing a good job.

We'll have more on this story tonight on KOMU News at 6:00.