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April 22, 2021 By Jessica Mathews / news@whmi.com
No charges will be filed against paid petition circulators for a Republican-affiliated committee accused of using illegal, corrupt and improper tactics to obtain signatures, including in Livingston County.â¨
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel opened an investigation into Unlock Michigan last September after videos suggested evidence of irregularities in the way petition circulators obtained signatures. The undercover videos showed petition circulators using illegal tactics to gather signatures in Brighton and Howell to repeal a 1945 law that gave Governor Gretchen Whitmer broad powers to manage the coronavirus crisis without legislative approval. The law has since been struck down as unconstitutional by the Michigan Supreme Court.
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FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel addresses the media during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Jacob Wohl, 22, and Jack Burkman, 54, two notorious conservative operatives were charged Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S. cities from voting by mail, Michigan s attorney general announced. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)
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LANSING, Mich. â Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the results of a statewide investigation involving Unlock Michigan on Wednesday afternoon.
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AG Nessel Announces Outcome of Unlock Michigan and Make Your Date Criminal Investigations
AG Nessel Announces Outcome of Unlock Michigan and Make Your Date Criminal Investigations Contact: Lynsey Mukomel agpress@michigan.govAgency: Attorney General
April 21, 2021
LANSING Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel today announced the findings of investigations into Unlock Michigan and the Make Your Date Detroit program.
The Department of Attorney General opened an investigation into the practices of paid petition circulators for Unlock Michigan in September 2020 after receiving a request from attorney John Pirich that highlighted media reports suggesting evidence of irregularities in the way petition circulators obtained signatures.