GOPer prosecutor full of excuses for not indicting MI House Speaker on election fraud

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1. and this from the Detroit News...

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Forsyth's July 17 report, announcing he would not charge Schmidt and Bolger with a crime, contained shocking details about the depth and coordination between Schmidt and the top GOP House leader to make Schmidt a Republican and ensure his easy re-election with a patsy opponent. He originally filed as a Democrat but switched to the GOP shortly afterward.

Text messages obtained by the state police showed how Schmidt's son and nephew then recruited a 22-year-old friend, Matthew Mojzak, to be Roy Schmidt's fake Democrat and how Bolger played an active role in advising Schmidt to hand-pick a stand-in opponent. Mojzak, who was initially offered $500 to be Schmidt's opponent, withdrew from the race after news organizations questioned his Ottawa County residency and Schmidt offered him $1,000 to stay in the race.

Forsyth concluded no crime was committed by Schmidt and Bolger. But he likened the attempted election rigging to fixing a professional boxing matchup.

Democrats have called for Forsyth to reopen the probe after the Michigan State Police released records last week detailing how Forsyth ended the investigation before additional search warrants were carried out for Schmidt and Bolger's text messages and emails.

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From The Detroit News: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120820/POLITICS01/208200398#ixzz2475zA9tg