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Wed Aug 8, 2012, 11:20 PM Aug 2012

Michigan: AG Will File Charges in Thaddeus McCotter Petition Scandal Thursday

Michigan: AG Will File Charges in Thaddeus McCotter Petition Scandal Thursday, Per Report

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette will file charges Thursday in the case of former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s (R) erroneous ballot petitions, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Schuette is scheduled to announce those criminal charges Thursday, and multiple people will face felony and misdemeanor charges, per the report.

McCotter dropped his re-election bid in June after he failed to file the requisite 1,000 signatures to make the Republican ballot. But his petition errors were so egregious that the attorney general opened an investigation into them.

The Free Press report said it’s unclear whether McCotter will be charged on Thursday.

http://atr.rollcall.com/michigan-ag-will-file-charges-in-mccotter-petition-scandal-tomorrow-per-report/

Criminal charges coming Thursday in allegedly fraudulent McCotter petitions
http://www.freep.com/article/20120808/NEWS15/120808076/thaddeus-mccotter-fraudulent-petitions?odyssey=tab

McCotter Ex-Staffers Charged With Forging Ballot Petitions
Four campaign staffers to former Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) were charged Thursday with alleged criminal acts connected to the false ballot petitions that forced McCotter off the ballot, according to the Detroit Free Press.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/mccotter-ex-staffers-charged-with-forging-ballot-petitions

State charges 4 former McCotter staffers with forging petitions, faking signatures in election fiasco
http://www.freep.com/article/20120809/NEWS15/120809030/State-charges-4-McCotter-ex-staffers-forging-petitions-faking-signatures-election-fiasco
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Michigan: AG Will File Charges in Thaddeus McCotter Petition Scandal Thursday (Original Post) cal04 Aug 2012 OP
But somehow the speaker of the michigan house, Bolger (R) is A-OK. MichiganVote Aug 2012 #1

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