An Ingham County Circuit judge will conduct a grand jury investigation into the conduct of House Speaker Jase Bolger and state Rep. Roy Schmidt.
Ingham Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina will examine whether Bolger, R-Marshall (pictured here) , or Schmidt, R-Grand Rapids, conspired to commit perjury or other crimes when they recruited a fake state House candidate in Grand Rapids.
The one-woman grand jury is the latest development in a political scandal that has unfolded for more than three months amid a stream of explosive text messages and other records released under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act.
The scandal started May 15 when Schmidt's switched from the Democrats to the Republicans, just ahead of the filing deadline for the Aug. 7 primary.
