i m joined now by michigan attorney general dana nessel. attorney general nessel, so first of all, we should note that because one of the three individuals charged with trying to seize and access voting machines was your opponent for attorney general in 2022, you have recused yourself from that investigation. and i just want the note that for our viewers. but i do want to ask you just about the contours of that investigation since the special prosecutor dj hilson has been out there talking about this case. can you give us any idea, even though again i know you have recused yourself. but just as the michigander i have on the show this evening, what are they charged why were they trying to access voting machines? well, first of all, let me say that there are a lot of parallels that i see between donald trump and his activities and the things that we ve seen in regard to this recent indictment against him, and then
senator debbie stabenow who s roof retiring and chuck schumer and others have paved the way for elissa slotkin to run, sitting democratic congresswoman. shootouts of bipartisan credentials. she is a need of a michigander. i will note that you are not a native michigander. they ve made it clear that s who they want to succeed senator stabenow. why do you think they are wrong? i m not saying that they are wrong. i am saying that the people have to choose. at the end of the day, when i moved to michigan seven years ago to raise my son here and, i moved here because of the people. the same people that showed up today all over the state. i moved here because the greatest people in the world live right here in this state. the richness of diversity and all that it represents, and so many have told me that the fact that for the first time in 47 years michigan does not have a blight democratic representative doesn t reflect
people. certainly and professor jonathan turley spoken eloquently about this. contrary to the sunshine laws. and the spirit of transparency that any elected official owes their tax paying voters and really a highly irregular engagement that she made a few months ago. rachel: joe, so, you re a michigander, you have your pulse on how other people in michigan feel about this. how do they feel about this plant being there and about having a representative who seems to be on the side ever the chinese? yeah. it squares with the rest of the concern across the rest of the country, rachel. and which squares with the advice that our national security agencies gave a year ago february, which said do not sign any such agreements because they are subnational incursion,