State employees likely violated some procurement rules in awarding a no-bid contract to a Democratic-connected firm earlier this year to perform contact tracing related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a report from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.There is no evidence of an intentional violation, though, and there are no criminal penalties ascribed in law for any violation of procurement rules, her office stated in a 29-page investigative report.Nessel s office also
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State employees likely violated some procurement rules in awarding a no-bid contract to a Democratic-connected firm earlier this year to perform contact tracing related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the findings of a report from Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.
There is no evidence of an intentional violation, though, and there are no criminal penalties ascribed in law for any violation of procurement rules, her office stated in a 29-page investigative report.
Nessel s office also found no evidence anyone involved in the awarding of the contract committed any criminal act, the report states.
“With the benefit of hindsight, there may have been a better way to accomplish the (Department of Health and Human Services ) ultimate purpose but we found no evidence of criminality, Nessel said in a news release.
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No crimes found by Michigan AG on canceled partisan contact-tracing contract, but key witness mum
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks before Sen. Kamala Harris during a drive-in style campaign event for Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden on Sunday Oct. 25, 2020 in Pontiac. Nicole Hester/Mlive.com
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However, a key witness in the Republican-initiated inquiry has still refused to testify.
Andrea Taverna of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services led a March search for a contract-tracing firm that eventually chose Great Lakes Community Engagement and Every Action VAN. Both nonprofits are run by Democratic consultant Mike Kolehouse, whose Kolehouse Strategies, LLC assists Democratic campaigns, according to a 29-page report produced by Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office.
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