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Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday that she expects her office's ongoing investigations into the efforts to overthrow the 2020 election to yield criminal charges.
Attorney General Dana Nessel (File photo)
When? She didn't say.
The Detroit News interviewed the AG at the Mackinac Policy Conference this week, and reports:
She described the efforts that her office has been probing for months as "unprecedented" and "coordinated."
"I have talked to countless people at our department who have been there 30, 40 or even 50 years," Nessel told The Detroit News. "And they have never seen anything like this before.
"So this is really new territory. There's no way to say, 'Here's how we've always handled this.'"
Charges may involve those who presented themselves -- and signed documents -- as "alternate electors" promised to losing incumbent Donald Trump. Those individuals, who include state GOP vice-chair Meshawn Maddock, are being investigated by federal authorities. And the AG's office is looking into some who attempted to gain access to voting machines after the election. That includes Rep. Daire Rendon, R-Lake City.
The timetable remains unclear, however:
Nessel said her office is "moving as quickly as possible" on the cases related to the November 2020 election. Her staff has to balance wanting to deter illegal activity in the upcoming November vote while ensuring they're bringing solid cases, she said.
