Michigan Attorney General

Judge allows former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield to travel to Kentucky Derby as he and his wife fight felony charges.

The attorney general is investigating both projects, which lawmakers say ‘fell short’ of expectations. Legislators move to claw back at least $34 million.

A state investigator called her a ‘unindicted co-conspirator,’ but former Michigan GOP Chair Laura Cox is actually a ‘cooperating witness.’ Dana Nessel’s office isn’t saying if the investigator made other mistakes.

An attorney representing former Michigan GOP co-chair Meshawn Maddock made ‘disparaging comments’ about a witness on social media, a judge said Tuesday.

Republicans charged with felonies for allegedly attempting to overturn Michigan’s 2020 presidential election results are back in court this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Democrats say corruption case against former House speaker underscores need to beef up transparency laws. Republicans point out that stealing is illegal and reforms won’t prevent anything.

The former House speaker used a social welfare nonprofit and payments to his brothers to fund a lavish lifestyle, prosecutors allege. His attorney says the case is politically motivated.

The sister-in-law of the former House speaker is amid a divorce and has been abandoned after going public with assault claims, lawyer says: She’s ‘distressed beyond belief’ by Dana Nessel’s decision not to bring assault charges.

The Republican faces allegations he used nonprofits to ‘line his own pockets,’ authorities say. A sexual assault allegation from Chatfield’s sister-in-law that prompted the probe will not result in charges.

Attorney General Dana Nessel is no stranger to threats as a public official — which is why she says Michigan’s current statute on hate crimes is woefully inadequate.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a notice of intervention with the Michigan Public Service Commission in DTE’s latest attempt to increase rates.

Michigan voters in 2022 guaranteed abortion access in the state constitution, but a case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court could sharply restrict who gets the abortion pill. Attorney General Dan Nessel calls that a “terrifying” prospect.

Attorney General Dana Nessel’s team was back in federal court this week, arguing that her long-running lawsuit to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline should be decided in Michigan.

Two longtime Republican fundraisers face a combined two felonies and three misdemeanors for their alleged roles in a “dark money scheme” that shielded the names of donors to a campaign seeking to diminish Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pro-Trump elector James Renner on Wednesday said he was told a December 2020 meeting to approve an “alternate slate” of Republican electors falsely declaring the former president won Michigan was ‘an appropriate process’ and said he would have challenged it if he suspected illegal activity.

Newly released police reports shed light on the early but ongoing investigation into former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield.

Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office filed a notice of intervention brief on Tuesday following DTE Gas Company seeking a $266 million rate increase.

A married couple who were once top aides to former House Speaker Lee Chatfield plead not guilty to charges alleging embezzled from political action committees and nonprofits.

Two ‘power broker’ former aides accused of misappropriating campaign and nonprofit funds. Attorney General Dana Nessel says investigation into Chatfield continues.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel aims to decide by the end of the year whether to file criminal charges against former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, who is accused of sexual assault and financial improprieties. He’s denied any criminal wrongdoing.