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Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue poses for a photo in Detroit, Oct. 13, 2022. Samantha Woll, a Detroit synagogue president was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023 police said. The motive wasn't known. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)

No evidence of hate crime, police say as slain Detroit synagogue president mourned

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a Concerned Women for America Summit at the Capitol Hilton, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Electors who backed Trump were brainwashed, declares Michigan AG

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A resident votes at the Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ on Election Day, Nov. 3, 2020, in St. Joseph, Mich. Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan attorney involved in multiple efforts around the country to overturn the 2020 election in support of former President Donald Trump, was charged Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines in Michigan, according to court records. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP, File)

3rd Trump ally charged with voting machine tampering as Michigan election case grows

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a news conference in Detroit on Oct. 14, 2021. The false claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and protecting future election results loom large over this year’s races for state attorneys general. Candidates who support Trump’s position are angling to unseat Democratic incumbents in political swing states – and in some cases, knock out moderate attorneys general in GOP primaries. (Max Ortiz/Detroit News via AP, File)

Michigan charges 16 fake Trump electors with election law, forgery felonies

By Joey Cappelletti - Associated Press

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks as she joins Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson and other state and local officials taking action against Lockhart Chemical in a news conference on Sept. 19, 2022, outside of the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Mich. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Man charged with threatening Jewish Michigan officials

By Ed White - Associated Press

Matt DePerno, Republican candidate for Michigan Attorney General, speaks outside before a rally at the Michigan Stars Sports Center in Washington Township, Mich., Saturday, April 2, 2022. Published reports say the Michigan Attorney General’s office is asking that a special prosecutor investigate whether DePerno, the Republican candidate for state attorney general, and others should be charged in connection with an effort to gain access to voting machines after the 2020 election. (Junfu Han/Detroit Free Press via AP, File)

In Michigan, election denial probe looms over critical races

By Joey Cappelletti and Kathleen Foody - Associated Press

FILE - This screen shot from video, shows former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, during his Zoom hearing in the 67th District Court in Flint, Mich., on Jan. 18, 2020. A judge had no authority to issue indictments in the Flint water scandal, the Michigan Supreme Court said Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in an extraordinary decision that wipes out charges against former Gov. Snyder, his health director and seven other people (67th District Court in Flint via AP, file)

Charges spiked against ex-governor, 8 others in Flint water

By Ed White - Associated Press

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is readying complaints against Sidney Powell, who has charged foreign interference because of the voting systems used by some of the counties in the state. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Michigan AG says she drank too much at football tailgate

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AG: No charges despite ‘unsavory tactics’ in petition drive

By ED WHITE - Associated Press

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is readying complaints against Sidney Powell, who has charged foreign interference because of the voting systems used by some of the counties in the state. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Dana Nessel, Michigan attorney general, threatens Sidney Powell, pro-Trump lawyers

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A student votes in the general election at a polling place at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Mich., Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jacob Hamilton/Ann Arbor News via AP)

Michigan officials warn of bogus Election Day robocalls targeting Flint voters

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

White supremacists accused of intimidating Michigan family

By COREY WILLIAMS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel addresses the media during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Jacob Wohl, 22, and Jack Burkman, 54, two notorious conservative operatives were charged Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020 with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S. cities from voting by mail, Michigan's attorney general announced. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Conservative hoaxers face charges over false voter robocalls

By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press

Michigan joining lawsuit to challenge post office changes

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Michigan attorney general proposes changes to policing

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS - Associated Press

In this March 5, 2020 file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel addresses the media during a news conference, in Lansing, Mich. Nessel on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, is backing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, telling local law enforcement officials that her stay-at-home directive and restrictions on places of public accommodations are valid and enforceable. Tuesday's letter comes days after Republican lawmakers refused to extend an emergency declaration. (AP Photo/David Eggert, File)

Dana Nessel, Michigan AG: ‘Petulant child’ Donald Trump no longer welcome in state

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In a pool photo provided by the Michigan Office of the Governor, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., Friday, May 1, 2020. The governor said Michigan's stay-at-home order remains in effect despite Republicans' refusal to extend her underlying coronavirus emergency declaration, as she amended it to allow construction, real estate and outdoor work to resume next week. (Michigan Office of the Governor via AP, Pool)

Dana Nessel, Michigan AG: Gretchen Whitmer orders valid, enforceable

By David Eggert - Associated Press

Sexual misconduct charges filed against 2 Michigan priests

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