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 was a prolific fundraiser & worked closely w/some Lansing lobbyists. Charges against Chatfield could spur new calls for #ethics reforms in Lansing, where a series of high-profile figures have faced charges in recent years.
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.
"Numerous charges during this timeframe were unquestionably personal & only personal," Nessel said of #Chatfield's credit card reimbursements through the Peninsula Fund.
#Republican#LeeChatfield faces a litany of 13 #criminal charges, ranging from embezzlement to conducting a criminal enterprise, for alleged misuse of money from Peninsula Fund, whose donors are kept secret under state & federal #law.