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By: evilone • 10 months ago • 5 comments

A couple of things coming out of Michigan of note this morning. Read more at the links -

https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/lee-chatfield-investigation-rob-anne-minard/70232448007/

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday charges against two former staffers for then-Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, alleging the couple misappropriated funds from multiple entities, including social welfare nonprofits and campaign committees.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2023/12/21/donald-trump-recorded-pressuring-wayne-canvassers-not-to-certify-2020-vote-michigan/72004514007/

Then-President Donald Trump personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election, according to recordings reviewed by The Detroit News and revealed publicly for the first time.

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1 author evilone 10 months ago

So, yeah... both State and Federal stories coming out of Michigan - Both involving the GoP and both having legal implications that may lead to others being charged. We live in interesting times.

Professor Principal

1.1 devangelical replied to evilone @1 10 months ago

heh, this 2020 election certification scandal is turning into quite the tar pit for the maga elite...

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2 JohnRussell 10 months ago

So the then President of the United States tried to get some low level functionary in the Michigan election system to do bad on the president's behalf.

What an embarrassment to America Donald Trump is.

Professor Principal

3 JohnRussell 10 months ago

The existence of the recording was reported Thursday by Detroit News journalist Craig Mauger, who detailed how Trump—on Nov. 17, 2020—"personally pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers not to sign the certification of the 2020 presidential election" during a call that included the former president, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, and the GOP board members, identified as Monica Palmer and William Hartmann.
"We've got to fight for our country," Trump said to Palmer and Hartmann on the recorded call. "We can't let these people take our country away from us."

Both McDaniel and Trump assured the two local officials during the call that if they refused to sign the certification, attorneys would be provided to them. "We'll take care of that," Trump said, according to the report.

Trump's efforts to disrupt the certification in Michigan were just part of his broader scheme to subvert the election results nationwide, a scheme which culminated in the January 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C. for which he is now under federal indictment.

MI Secretary of State

@JocelynBenson

on Trump's reported call: "If Wayne county did not certify that for Detroit and Michigan, that would delay certification for the entire state. And, that could potentially delay or confuse certification in all of the battle ground states..."

Professor Principal

4 JohnRussell 10 months ago

Donald Trump Faces Prospect of Fifth Indictment (msn.com)
While the recording has been described by attorney Joe Gallina as "perfect evidence" against the former president and "another smoking gun" in the federal trial, other commentators have speculated that the evidence could be grounds for a fifth criminal indictment on bribery charges.

Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor and political scientist at Georgia State University College of Law, wrote on X, formerly Twitter , that Trump could face "a fifth set of charges" because offering a lawyer could be considered a bribe under the Michigan Penal Code, which is a felony.

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