No charges planned in probe of Detroit officials, nonprofit Follow Us
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By - Associated Press - Wednesday, April 21, 2021
DETROIT (AP) - The state has closed an investigation of Detroit officials and their connection to a prenatal health program supported by the city, Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday.
No criminal charges were warranted, although the city could do more to improve “transparency and accountability,” Nessel said.
Investigators responded to complaints that Mayor Mike Duggan’s staff had directed some employees to delete emails that referred to Make Your Date, a program associated with Wayne State University that is aimed at helping women reduce the risk of premature births.
AG Nessel won t charge Detroit Mayor Duggan, aides with wrongdoing in Make Your Date controversy
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No charges planned in probe of Detroit officials, nonprofit
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The Detroit Free Press has settled its public records lawsuit against the City of Detroit for access to documents involved in a 2019 investigation that found Mayor Mike Duggan gave preferential treatment to a prenatal health program run by a woman with close ties to the mayor.
The Free Press filed the lawsuit last year after the city demanded $222,667 for the records and estimated it would take about three years for legal staff to review the documents, which the city said totaled about 400,000 pages.
Under the settlement, reached in late December in Wayne County Circuit Court, the Free Press dropped its complaint and the city agreed to produce several batches of investigative records for the news organization free of charge. The city admitted no wrongdoing as part of the agreement.