Covers state government and politics in Michigan for @detroitnews. Email is cmauger@detroitnews.com.
Lansing, MI
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The winners of the Michigan Secretary of State’s “I Voted” sticker contest were revealed this morning after a public vote.
Here are some of the victorious designs:
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Quite an opening line to this statement from the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus:
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“Hank in Jackson County” appears to be Hank Choate, a farmer but also one of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that Donald Trump won the 2020 election:
The Harris-Slotkin agenda is hurting Michigan farmers.
Our producers will have a strong voice with President Trump in the White House and @MikeRogersForMI in the U.S. Senate.
More from Hank in Jackson County👇
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Exchange I just had with Michigan state Rep. Daire Rendon.
Me: Is that a QAnon button on your shirt?
Her: It’s a flag with a Q on it.
Me: What does the Q reference?
Her: The Q is the highest level of security in the federal government.
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Some surreal stuff.
Daniels jokingly asks Whitmer about Hulk Hogan's speech at the Republican National Convention.
Whitmer responds, "I myself am an Iron Sheik fan.”
Actor Jeff Daniels is interviewing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a book tour stop tonight.
Daniels just began the conversation, "I should remind everybody that I am not a journalist, but I have played one on TV."
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel tells reporters ahead of Donald Trump's visit to the state:
"One of the things he could do to reduce crime is to stop committing so many of them."
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MAJOR NEWS: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says this morning her office is "reopening our investigation" into the false slate of electors.
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Likely the largest Democratic campaign rally I’ve covered in Michigan in 2020 or so far in 2024.
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So apparently, if you want one of these stickers in your precinct, start lobbying your clerk now.
Here’s the other winner:
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer making her second term official a few moments ago.
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There are more than a dozen people wearing “auto workers for Trump” shirts at this JD Vance event in Detroit this afternoon.
Four of them have acknowledged they are not auto workers. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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MORE NEWS: The Michigan State Police official who was at the state Capitol entrance when Trump allies tried to submit a false electors certificate says he was interviewed by the FBI and U.S. attorneys YESTERDAY.
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A portion of the line to get into Vice President Kamala Harris’ Michigan State University event tonight:
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It's long been a mystery what then-President Donald Trump told the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on a phone call in November 2020.
Thanks to sources and journalism, it's no longer a mystery. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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“The 9 winning designs will be available for clerks to order and give out to voters this fall as the state’s official 2024 Presidential Election stickers,” according to the press release.
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A portion of the crowd at a museum in Grand Rapids to hear from Tim Walz tonight:
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NEWS: The Michigan Supreme Court rules that Robert Kennedy's name stays on the ballot.
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It's unclear how many auto workers attended Trump's speech.
A person in the crowd with a "union members for Trump" sign acknowledged she wasn't a union member.
A person with an "auto workers for Trump" sign said he wasn't an auto worker. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Wow.
The beginning of the City of Detroit's response to Sidney Powell's lawsuit in Michigan:
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"The path to him getting to the White House is going to start in Michigan," Michigan Teamsters President Kevin Moore said of Republican Donald Trump. "We're going to make sure that's not an obtainable goal for him." detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: Michigan lawyer Stefanie Lambert, who's championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested on a bench warrant in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
Story with reporting from @DNBethLeBlanc + @GrantSchwab: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey just said at a press conference that's she's expecting turnout in the city to be higher in 2024 than in 2020.
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The room is at capacity this afternoon to hear from Tim Walz inside The Graduate hotel in downtown East Lansing:
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GOP former U.S. Rep Fred Upton calls on Republicans to put “country above party”:
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I think this may be the longest line I’ve seen at a Michigan campaign event this fall:
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THE LATEST: A Michigan judge said in court on Wednesday that Stefanie Lambert, a lawyer who advanced false election fraud claims nationally, needs to turn herself in.
The judge issued the bench warrant 6 days ago.
It still hasn't been satisfied. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: In court just now, Kahla Crino of the Michigan Attorney General's office just referenced a "multi-state criminal conspiracy that was absolutely linked to the Trump campaign."
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BREAKING: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's office is seeking a special prosecutor to consider potential criminal charges against 9 individuals in a "conspiracy" to obtain and examine voting machines.
Among the 9 is GOP AG candidate Matt DePerno. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signing bills in a Detroit Lions jersey:
Photo provided by the governor’s office.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says she believes there's "absolutely" enough evidence to bring criminal charges against Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to be the state's presidential electors in December 2020. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Then-President Donald Trump's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state's 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit News. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Stefanie Lambert, the lawyer who is facing charges in Michigan for her alleged role in a conspiracy to improperly obtain voting machines, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. today.
It's 3:48 p.m., and she's not here.
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A ceremonial switching of the robe for new Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Bolden and departing Justice Bridget McCormack:
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NEWS: The Kamala Harris campaign has already turned Donald Trump's negative comment about Detroit into an ad.
It will air during the Tigers playoff game and Lions game this weekend: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: The initial election results in Michigan's Calhoun County didn't include all of the votes cast there, and officials were working Friday to resolve the discrepancy, according to the Secretary of State's office. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: A day after Donald Trump touted a claim that "three illegal alien migrants" had been recently arrested in Michigan for "soliciting sex from children," the sheriff who ignited the viral story acknowledged Wednesday it was inaccurate. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Republican Tudor Dixon's campaign for governor hasn't been running TV ads this fall.
So the Gratiot County Republican Party apparently came up with its own.
From the county party's Facebook page:
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Talked to two more individuals who were wearing the shirts after the event ended.
They were also not auto workers.
There are more than a dozen people wearing “auto workers for Trump” shirts at this JD Vance event in Detroit this afternoon.
Four of them have acknowledged they are not auto workers. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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After losing in the Michigan Supreme Court, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. now loses in federal district court in his bid to get off the Michigan ballot:
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Asked why her speech resonated with so many people, here's Sen. McMorrow's response:
"There is a difference between politics and outright hate," she said. "And I think people are frustrated that elected officials haven’t done enough to call that out..." detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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The mug shots of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie Chatfield.
They're facing criminal charges related to misusing nonprofit dollars.
They've pleaded not guilty.
#FOIA
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This news tonight shows how seriously Michigan's Attorney General's office has taken the false GOP presidential electors' certificate + could have repercussions throughout state politics. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow on MSNBC this morning: “We have to push back against hateful garbage.”
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Credit to the winning artists:
Lighthouse: Andrew Brasher of Saint Louis
Cat: Kelsey Winiarski of Livonia
Ope: Breanna Tanner of Grand Rapids
Fish: Madelyn VerVaecke of Livonia
Deer: Michelle Lekhtman of West Bloomfield
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Boos drowning out Michigan GOP Chair Pete Hoekstra as he tries to start addressing the convention.
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NEWS: Cornel West has been disqualified from the Michigan ballot because of a problem with his affidavit of identity, according to a letter from the state Bureau of Elections.
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Party hat: Olivia Smiertka of Holly
Flag: Katelyn Stouffer-Hopkins of Lansing
Yay: Gabby Warner of Rockford
Ripped shirt: Jane Hynous of Grosse Pointe
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Interesting number here from the Michigan Secretary of State's office:
543,812 people have already returned their absentee ballots in Michigan
That's nearly 10% of the total votes, 5.5 million, in the presidential race in 2020, with 25 days to go
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The new Democratic majorities in the Michigan Legislature announce their first bills:
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A pivotal moment for the 2 parties in Michigan in 2026:
1) Open race for governor
2) Open race for U.S. Senate
3) Open race for secretary of state
4) Open race for AG
5) Possibly 3 extremely competitive U.S. House seats
6) State House and state Senate up for grabs
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Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz greets Democratic volunteers at a party office in East Lansing:
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Pete Buttigieg has been meeting with prominent Michigan Dems, as he weighs his political future.
Multiple sources said they believe he's considering running for Michigan governor in 2026 or president in 2028.
Story with @nannburke + @prima_donnelly. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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I asked state Rep. Aaron Miller, a Republican who's not on the Oversight Committee, about what he thought of Giuliani's closing remarks.
His response is in this story: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has picked Kyra Harris Bolden for a seat on the Michigan Supreme Court. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Stefanie Lambert, who worked to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has 24 hours to turn herself in.
She didn't appear for a court hearing in Oakland County over her failures to get fingerprinted.
Judge Jeffery Matis issued a bench warrant. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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The Michigan GOP convention unanimously approves a policy stance in favor of requiring proof of citizenship to vote:
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MAJOR:
Renner says the group of false electors was told that lawmakers had the ability to accept the Republican electoral certificate over the Democratic certificate.
James Renner says the false electors met at the Radisson hotel in downtown Lansing before walking to the Capitol on Dec. 14, 2020.
They were invited by someone to return to the hotel for pizza and hot chocolate after going to the Capitol, he testifies.
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Six of the false electors from 2020 have been renominated by Michigan Republicans to serve as Trump electors in 2024, including Meshawn Maddock, who used an anti-gay slur in a tweet last week: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Prosecutor is now asking the judge for a bench warrant for Stefanie Lambert's arrest.
Stefanie Lambert, the lawyer who is facing charges in Michigan for her alleged role in a conspiracy to improperly obtain voting machines, was scheduled to appear in court at 3 p.m. today.
It's 3:48 p.m., and she's not here.
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Rudy Giuliani just discussed ballots he claims were illegally cast in Michigan (based on anecdotal affidavits with allegations that haven't been proven).
Then, he said:
"It changes the result of the election in Michigan, if you take out Wayne County."
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Things getting a little physical as former Michigan GOP Chair Kristina Karamo is escorted out of the Michigan Republican Party convention:
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U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's competitive U.S. Senate race: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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In this email to a Trump adviser, lawyer Kenneth Chesebro explains in plain terms his “objective.”
Then-President Donald Trump's campaign directly orchestrated the filing of a certificate, signed by 16 Michigan Republicans, that falsely claimed he won the state's 2020 election, according to internal campaign emails obtained by The Detroit News. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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President Biden signed the “Good Jobs” order and immediately handed the pen to Rep. Debbie Dingell:
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During Democratic Party presser, attorney Steven Liedel says at least 66 people who are "verifiably" dead had somehow signed Republican Perry Johnson's petitions to get on the ballot.
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NEWS: A student from China at the University of Michigan, who was not a U.S. citizen, allegedly voted over the weekend.
The 19-year-old is now being charged with committing two crimes.
But it appears likely his ballot will count. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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“He is leading a lot of good people astray. He’s filling their heads with lies,” Tony Daunt, a GOP member of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, on former President Trump. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Abdul El-Sayed on what Democrats’ approach should be:
“When they go low, we don’t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.”
Big applause in the auditorium for that one.
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MAJOR NEWS: Matt DePerno, ex-Rep. Daire Rendon charged in tabulator probe, court records show detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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A physical altercation broke out at Saturday's Michigan GOP state committee meeting, bringing police and sending a person to the ER.
"When you see me taking my glasses off, I’m ready to rock," one of the individuals involved in the fight told me today. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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State Rep. Matt Maddock, whose wife was one of the electors, says he will sue Attorney General Dana Nessel.
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Ronna McDaniel is reportedly getting a commentary job with NBC.
Here’s our reporting from December about her involvement in a call to pressure the Wayne County canvassers not to sign the 2020 election certification:
It's long been a mystery what then-President Donald Trump told the Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers on a phone call in November 2020.
Thanks to sources and journalism, it's no longer a mystery. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Trump’s campaign showed this image multiple times in the gym before he spoke in Michigan this afternoon:
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is about to sign firearm storage and background check bills into law here at Michigan State University.
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"People who are different are not the reason that our roads are in bad shape after decades of disinvestment or that health care costs are too high or that teachers are leaving the profession," Sen. Mallory McMorrow said on Tuesday. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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A photo, obtained through an open records request, shows 16 Michigan Republicans posing together on the day they signed a certificate falsely claiming Donald Trump won the state's election. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Michigan Democrats say this morning they’ve taken majorities in both the state House and Senate.
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"Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says at a civil rights conference in Lansing while speaking out against what she describes as efforts to divide people.
"A drag queen for every school," she adds.
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NEWS: Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is referring comments made by Mike Detmer and Ryan Kelley to Attorney General Dana Nessel's office: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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The Bureau of Elections found that 5 of the 10 Republican candidates for governor didn't turn in enough valid petition signatures to make the ballot.
Craig, Johnson, Brandenburg, Markey + Brown.
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President Biden refers to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the best governor in the country.
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Actor Jeff Daniels is interviewing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer during a book tour stop tonight.
Daniels just began the conversation, "I should remind everybody that I am not a journalist, but I have played one on TV."
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The Police Officers Association of Michigan backed Donald Trump in 2016.
The group is sticking with him in 2020: detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Major political news in Michigan this morning:
News: Republican former U.S. Rep. Fred Upton backs VP Harris' president
detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews
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“I refuse to enforce this draconian law,” AG Dana Nessel says of Michigan’s 1931 law banning abortion during interview on Meet the Press.
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MAJOR Michigan news here —->
NEW: Michigan AG @DanaNessel on @Maddow says investigation into submission of a false slate of electors in the 2020 election was referred to federal prosecutors:
"We think this is a matter that is best investigated and potentially prosecuted by the feds."
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Large protest outside the Michigan Capitol.
Organizers said the event was intended “to defend democracy.”
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About 200 people in a South Haven, Michigan, backyard this afternoon on the Fourth of July to hear from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
He’s campaigning for President Joe Biden’s reelection.
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300 retweets here.
There is no evidence of an agreement between Slotkin and a battery company.
This is false.
Slotkin is a LIAR! She signed a secret agreement with a CCP-linked Chinese battery company.
Then, she lied to cover her tracks. #ShanghaiSlotkin is a national security threat. #MISenateDebate
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Judge Jeffery Matis says he's going to issue a bench warrant for Stefanie Lambert.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said, during an appearance on CNN Sunday, that former President Donald Trump "is a convicted felon who wants to use the implements of government to go after his enemies." detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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“State Rep. Neil Friske was arrested early Thursday morning in Lansing on undisclosed charges.”
Friske is among the most conservative members of the state Legislature.
Story by @DNBethLeBlanc. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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NEWS: Top Michigan Republicans spent much of the fall criticizing Democrats for ties to the China-linked company Gotion.
On Sunday, GOP President Donald Trump's inaugural committee revealed it accepted $1 million from Gotion.
Story with @GrantSchwab. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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