A former staff attorney for Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt says a recording of a meeting in which he was fired supports his assertions that he warned top Blunt staffers the office may be violating record-retention laws.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that it has obtained a copy of the 39-minute recording secretly made by former Blunt staffer Scott Eckersley during a Sept. 28 meeting in which he was fired by Blunt’s then-chief of staff, Ed Martin.