Michigan AG Hits Staffers Of Ex-Speaker With Embezzlement Charges

Unless you live in Michigan and keep abreast of the goings-on there it's simply impossible to comprehend the depth of corruption among state Republicans. It's sort of mind-boggling how so many got away with so much for so long, seemingly without any oversight and with complete immunity. At least until they didn't. This one wouldn't even have been discovered unless the Attorney General began looking at some extraordinary expense claims by former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield by a non-profit organization tied to Chatfield, the Peninsula Fund. From there it eventually led to the Minards and their side business that also made millions.

Attorney Robert Harrison, who's representing Rob Minard, said the charging warrant against his client read "like a statement of what every campaign, local, state or federal, runs like." Maybe. If your state is Michigan and Republicans are in power.

Source: Detroit News

Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unveiled Thursday felony charges of embezzlement against two top staffers of former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, shining a bright light on the flow of secret dollars to policymakers within state government.

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