The group ranges from high-profile party officials to town clerks, mayors and a dairy farmer. Some are defiant, others flummoxed. All face the same felony charges for trying to award Michigan’s 2020 electoral votes to Donald Trump.
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Sixteen Michigan Trump loyalists face felonies in ‘false elector’ scheme
Attorney General Dana Nessel brings charges against former state GOP chair, others. One defendant says the charges amount to a ‘political attack.’
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Judge paves way for charges in Michigan vote machine tampering probe
An Oakland County judge gave a special prosecutor exactly what he wanted: A broad interpretation of a law that a grand jury could use to indict former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno and other 2020 election deniers accused of tampering with voting machines.
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Grand jury nears charging decision in Michigan vote machine tampering case
The decision has been delayed, however, as a special prosecutor seeks a declaratory ruling on a law the grand jury could use to indict individuals, including former GOP attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno.
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Michigan commission finds ‘misconduct’ by pro-Trump attorneys in 2020 lawsuit
The Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission says Sidney Powell and other lawyers who tried to overturn the 2020 election committed ‘misconduct.’ A separate discipline board will now consider punishments.
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Ottawa County hires law firm that sought to void 2020 election
Newly elected county commissioners voted to hire a well-known conservative law firm, bypassing a competitive bidding process and sparking transparency concerns.
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Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson awarded presidential medal for work in 2020 election
The secretary of state was honored, along with other elections officials and Capitol police officers, by President Joe Biden in a ceremony marking the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Dana Nessel: There’s ‘clear evidence' to charge fake electors loyal to Trump
Frustrated by the pace of a federal probe, Nessel says she’s re-opening a state-level investigation into a scheme to award Michigan’s 2020 presidential electors to Donald Trump even though he lost the state.
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Two years after Jan. 6 riots, 11 convictions (and some regrets) in Michigan
Not a single Michigander accused of related crimes has been acquitted in the Capitol insurrections. The 11 convictions and counting are part of a “massive” federal effort to deter future insurrections.
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Michigan Supreme Court ends suit over 2020 election results in Antrim County
A two-year legal fight that sparked global conspiracies about voting machines ends as the court rejects a lawsuit from former GOP attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno.