Nessel's media advisory provided no further details of what the charges would be or specifically who will be the subject of the allegations. #Nessel has already charged #Chatfield's top 2 advisors from his term as speaker in the #corruption probe.
Chatfield allegedly used political nonprofit funds for family trips including to the Bahamas.
Nessel said #Chatfield used private donations from the Peninsula Fund, a nonprofit #social#welfare org, to pay off $132k in charges to his personal credit card.
AG #DanaNessel announced Tues she would close her investigation into allegations of #SexualAssault levied by the fmr speaker's sister-in-law, Rebekah Chatfield -a decision the woman's lawyer described as "crushing."
Nessel praised Rebekah Chatfield for coming forward & credited her for providing the probable cause needed to launch the investigation in Jan2022. But there was not enough evidence to prosecute #LeeChatfield to meet a standard of proof that is "beyond a reasonable doubt” Nessel said.
#Senate received #Michigan false electoral certificate ahead of #Jan6, official testifies
A certificate that falsely claimed #Trump won MI's 2020 presidential election made it to the US Senate, but no lawmaker sought to have the document formally considered, a lawyer who worked for the secretary of the Senate testified in a state #court Tues.
"You could tell...that it was not an actual or authorized certificate of votes.…It was a fake," said Dan Schwager, who was general #counsel for the secretary of US #Senate in 2020.
Schwager took the stand on the 3rd day of preliminary examinations for 6 of the 16 #Michigan#Republicans who signed the false certificate on Dec 14, 2020. AG #DanaNessel's office is pursuing #felony charges, including #forgery, against the Republicans whose names appeared on the doc, which was used by #Trump…
6 #Michigan#Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming #Trump won the state's #2020election appeared in court Wed as a judge considered whether #criminal cases against them should proceed.
During the preliminary examinations, which are expected to last into Thurs, Judge Kristen Simmons of Ingham County District Court will likely decide whether #Michigan AG #DanaNessel's office established probable cause #crimes were committed by the prominent members of the #MI#GOP.
The 6 #Trump#FakeElectors whose cases were before Simmons included fmr MI #Republican Party Co-Chairwoman Meshawn Maddock of Milford & #RNC Committeewoman Kathy Berden of Snover,
Another important legal development in the effort to hold wrongdoers accountable for attempting to subvert the 2020 U.S. presidential elections: #Michigan state #AttorneyGeneral#DanaNessel today filed the first criminal charges to be brought against people who falsely claimed to be state electors. News coverage, gift access here: https://wapo.st/3ruV10J
Nessel, a state AG I particularly admire, is doing something as important as any of the efforts to hold Trump accountable. 1/ (thread)
MI Attorney General #DanaNessel is leveling #FelonyCharges against 16 #Republicans who signed a certificate falsely stating that #GOP candidate Donald Trump won MI's 2020 presidential election