I'm in Hillsdale for the preliminary exam of Stefanie Lambert + Stephanie Scott, who are accused of mishandling voter data. Lambert + Scott have a new lawyer: Kurt Olsen, who was involved in the effort to challenge Trump's loss in 2020. More here: nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/…

What role did the MEDC play in the funding provided to Fay Beydoun? This week's episode of Gongwer Michigan (State Affairs Michigan) & WDET 101.9FM's MichMash podcast with Beth LeBlanc & Craig Mauger: wdet.org/podcasts/michm… iTunes: tinyurl.com/2u4ns4br Spotify: tinyurl.com/mwmtntcx The Detroit News

Olsen has been questioning elections director Jonathan Brater for 4 hours. Stefanie Lambert apparently has to leave this preliminary exam in Hillsdale soon because she has a pre-trial conference in Oakland County at 4 p.m. She's facing 2 different sets of charges.

This is from lawyer Dan Hartman's Thursday court filing on why he's been discharged as Stefanie Lambert's lawyer in the Oakland County case:

Pro-Trump lawyer who challenged 2020 presidential election now working on Michigan case detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Support local journalism where it still exists. Companies need to be watched. Democracies need to be watched. Cities need reporters. It's heartbreaking that the nation's largest newspaper company can't (or won't) cover the sale of the largest employer in its own company town.

What none of us counted on-- the LG, who is running for gov, having to be the one to step up and say something new.

All about the nat sound

Campaign announcement from state Sen. Sean McCann:

The Michigan Senate apparently has a new website design: senate.michigan.gov

Here's the list of what investigators, working for Attorney General Dana Nessel, took from the Michigan Economic Development Corp. during the raid on June 18:

BREAKING: Michigan Economic Development Corporation to fight document seizure after AG ⁦Dana Nessel⁩’s raid on its downtown Lansing headquarters detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via ⁦Beth LeBlanc⁩ ⁦Craig Mauger⁩ The Detroit News

A 19-year-old man attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at the headquarters of the Dickinson County Republican Committee on Saturday but the device didn't ignite, according to Iron Mountain police. detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Fired UM DEI officer files lawsuit claiming she was falsely painted as an antisemite detroitnews.com/story/news/loc… via The Detroit News

GOP’s Mike Rogers' early fundraising lags that of top Democratic contenders in Michigan US Senate contest #MISen detroitnews.com/story/news/pol… via The Detroit News

Michigan Republican Party Chairman Jim Runestad on the attempted burning of the Dickinson County GOP headquarters: "the beta scumbag didn't have enough arm strength to cause his bomb to go through the window."

Reminder: Bipartisan boards, featuring Republicans and Democrats, canvass election results in each county in Michigan and decide whether to certify the numbers. Boards across the state did that job in 2020 and 2024.

Republican John James transferred $500,000 in May from his fundraising account for Congress to his account for governor:

Major news for Michigan this morning: Semiconductor manufacturing project near Flint, sought by Gov. Whitmer, falls through Michigan Democrats are blaming President Trump detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…

Democratic state lawmakers not holding back: "This was a once-in-a-generation opportunity," state Rep. Jasper Martus, D-Flushing, said. "Donald Trump killed the future for my community." detroitnews.com/story/news/pol…