Last time we metaphorically visited Michigan, a special investigatory committee in the State Legislature, dominated by Michigan Republicans, had determined there was no reason to believe that systemic electoral fraud had taken place, or that candidate Donald J. Trump had won the state of Michigan in the 2020 Presidential election. This would have been in the face of the former President losing every lawsuit contesting the result in Michigan.
The former President was quite unhappy at this result.
But now there’s more drama to come, I suspect:
Michigan’s chief law enforcement officer, along with state police, will launch an investigation into those who have allegedly peddled disinformation about the state’s Nov. 3 election for their own financial gain.
A Republican-led report that found no evidence of widespread fraud recommended the probe.
The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee report, written by state Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Vulcan, and adopted by all the Republican members of the committee, called on the attorney general’s office to consider investigating those “utilizing misleading and false information about Antrim County to raise money or publicity for their own ends.” …
After reviewing the oversight committee’s report, the attorney general’s office “accepted Sen. McBroom and the Committee’s request to investigate,” said Lynsey Mukomel, press secretary for Attorney General Dana Nessel.
Nessel’s office will be assisted by Michigan State Police, Mukomel said. [Detroit Free Press]
The former President should be howling at this action.
And AG Nessel is a Democrat. Of all the significant information in the Free Press‘ reporting, that may be the most significant.
Republicans officially calling on a Democrat in law enforcement to investigate the allies of Trump for criminal conduct.
This may mark the beginning of the end of a unified Republican Party lovin’ the former President. A report by Republicans to the public that suggests the entire Presidential election controversy is nothing more than a sophisticated grift taking advantage of Republican marks? That won’t go down well at all.
Look for vociferous protests from the Trump camp.
But if this does go somewhere, if certain grifters find themselves in court facing criminal charges, look to their associates to find the third- and fourth- raters. Not their defenders, because this sort of personality, the third-rate personality, doesn’t stick around to defend their associates when they’re in trouble. But those are the people who make up the Republican Party these days.
And, just perhaps, people like Republican committee member McBroom may be the foundation of the next respectable conservative party.
I’ll be visiting Michigan someday soon. While I don’t anticipate falling into any political discussions with Trump supporters, if that does occur I’ll try to report the results.
