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Showing Original Post only (View all)**NEW** Michigan AG ponders criminal probes of state and local officials who bend to Trump [View all]
Michigan attorney general ponders criminal probes of state and local officials who bend to Trumps will on overturning election results
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michigan-attorney-general-canvassing-board-lawmakers/2020/11/20/87d19ce6-2b65-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html
Michigans attorney general is exploring whether officials there risk committing crimes if they bend to President Trumps wishes in seeking to block the certification of Joe Bidens victory in their state, according to two people familiar with the review.
The move by Dana Nessel, a Democrat, reflected a growing sense of unease among many in her party and some Republicans that the president was continuing his unprecedented efforts to reach personally into the states electoral process as he seeks to prevent Michigan from formally declaring a winner there.
On Wednesday, two Republican officials in Wayne County sought to rescind their vote to certify the election results in their county, where Detroit is located, after Trump called them Tuesday night. On Friday afternoon, four leaders of Michigans Republican-controlled state legislature met with Trump in the White House at his invitation. --snip--
Tensions surrounding the White House encounter seemed to ease somewhat late Friday when there were signs the lawmakers would not side with Trump.
No details of the meeting were available late Friday. --snip--
A spokesperson for Nessel declined to comment for this article.
The move by Dana Nessel, a Democrat, reflected a growing sense of unease among many in her party and some Republicans that the president was continuing his unprecedented efforts to reach personally into the states electoral process as he seeks to prevent Michigan from formally declaring a winner there.
On Wednesday, two Republican officials in Wayne County sought to rescind their vote to certify the election results in their county, where Detroit is located, after Trump called them Tuesday night. On Friday afternoon, four leaders of Michigans Republican-controlled state legislature met with Trump in the White House at his invitation. --snip--
Tensions surrounding the White House encounter seemed to ease somewhat late Friday when there were signs the lawmakers would not side with Trump.
No details of the meeting were available late Friday. --snip--
A spokesperson for Nessel declined to comment for this article.
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hlthe2b
Nov 2020
OP
I think we need to step this up too, so I am glad to hear this. I started considering this after
LizBeth
Nov 2020
#1
They need to get these officials under oath and find out what the exact discussion was.
Midnight Writer
Nov 2020
#2
No executive privilege exists for non-Executive Branch employees; NDA's invalid against subpoenas
hlthe2b
Nov 2020
#15
I'd love a little financial accounting on that $$$$ 'knees up' they had at the trump* hotel
Siwsan
Nov 2020
#4
People being held to account, and being SEEN to be held to account, is vital.
BobTheSubgenius
Nov 2020
#27