MI: Muskegon fake voter applications probed in 2020, referred to FBI, Nessel says
LANSING — Michigan authorities found evidence that scores of 2020 voter registration applications submitted in Muskegon were “clearly fraudulent” but did not issue charges because the matter was referred to the FBI as part of a national probe, state officials confirmed.
The nearly three-year-old case gained new attention last week as the Michigan Republican Party worked with a far-right website to release police reports from an investigation that included state police and the attorney general’s office.
GOP leaders renewed claims the 2020 election was rigged against Donald Trump and argued the lack of prosecution amounts to a double standard, since he and his supporters have been charged with crimes in recent weeks because of their attempts to overturn Democratic President Joe Biden’s win.
Michigan officials counter that, far from a smoking gun, the Muskegon case shows that “the system worked” to prevent any fraudulent votes because the forged voter registration applications in question were intercepted before the election and did not affect the outcome.
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