Michigan’s state government watchdog is facing a potential $8.3 million cut under Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed budget. The auditor general wants to know why.
2020 Michigan election
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Election denier who evaded Michigan court for 11 days: ‘I know too much’
Stefanie Lambert, who has filed suits nationwide contesting the 2020 election, was arrested this week in Washington, D.C., and ordered to return to Michigan to face charges of tampering with voting machines.
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Pro-Trump elector didn't suspect false election docs were illegal
Pro-Trump elector James Renner on Wednesday said he was told a December 2020 meeting to approve an “alternate slate” of Republican electors falsely declaring the former president won Michigan was ‘an appropriate process’ and said he would have challenged it if he suspected illegal activity.
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Inside Michigan fake electors meeting: Trump attorney, dueling documents, phone ban
As testimony continues in felony case against Republicans accused of forging documents claiming former President Donald Trump won Michigan, witnesses say a Trump campaign attorney and Meshawn Maddock played key roles.
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Michigan vote machine tampering case heads to trial. Are ‘fake electors’ next?
As a preliminary exam began for ‘fake electors’ in Lansing, an Oakland County Judge on Wednesday set a spring trial date for Trump loyalists accused of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election.
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Whitmer signs Michigan election law overhaul that aims to prevent ‘chaos’
New laws signed by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer aim to expand automatic voter registration, deter political ‘deepfakes’ and ‘fake electors’ while limiting the kind of pressure campaign former President Donald Trump waged in his failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
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Texts: Indicted Trump ally wanted to audit Michigan vote, undermine GOP probe
Michigan attorney Stephanie Lambert, now battling criminal charges in a tabulator tampering scheme, tried to force a ‘forensic audit’ of the 2020 contest backed by $1.2 million in funding from the former CEO of Overstock.com, according to newly released texts.
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Michigan clerk faces protests after indictment in ‘false elector’ plot
At Shelby Township meeting, residents call for clerk’s resignation and talk of starting a recall effort.
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Indictment: Trump lies about Michigan dead voters part of ‘criminal enterprise’
Monday night’s indictment from Georgia features accusations that Trump and his allies spread falsehoods about Michigan to try to overturn the 2020 election
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Muskegon fake voter applications probed in 2020, referred to FBI, Nessel says
Republicans claim a double standard because no charges were filed after scores of ‘clearly fraudulent’ voter applications were submitted. State officials say the system worked to detect fraud, no one voted as a result.