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Dar Leaf
A Michigan county sheriff investigating what he's described as fraud in the 2020 presidential election is now himself under investigation.
The Michigan Attorney General's Office and state police have been probing conservative Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf's examination of the unproven fraud claims, according to The Detroit News. The investigation came to light in a lawsuit by Leaf against Nessel, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, MSP and individual troopers.
In the document, Lambert, who was representing Leaf, wrote that authorities, including the Michigan State Police, had "contacted and/or are in the process of contacting" Barry County sheriff's deputies "in order to intimidate them, interview them, confiscate protected materials and information in their possession related to the ongoing election investigation being conducted by plaintiff sheriff."
The document said one Barry County deputy had been subpoenaed for an interview.
The investigation, the document says, began in March.
In May, state police seized a ballot tabulator in the county as part of a probe into whether third parties gained unauthorized access to voting machine data after the election.
Also under investigation is a potential breach in Roscommon County.
Leaf was previously reported to have plotted to seize voting machines after the November election and used a private investigator to question clerks. Bridge Michigan, wich reported the developments, described an "unorthodox arrangement that baffles local officials in a region former President Donald Trump dominated last fall."
In a twist, the sheriff was in 2016 named sheriff of the year by the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association “for his unwavering courage in standing for American liberty and the United States Constitution.”
