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Election bureau responding to state GOP lawmakers' subpoena in 'spirit of transparency and cooperation,' AG says

By Karen Kidd | Nov 17, 2020

A subpoena issued by Republican-controlled state House and Senate oversight committees for documents from this month's General Election is "unduly burdensome" on the Michigan Bureau of Elections  - and the Bureau shouldn't have to do it, the state's attorney general's office said late Monday.However, the Bureau is releasing the subpoenaed documents in "the spirit of transparency and cooperation," a letter signed by a division chief in Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel's office to chairs of the oversight committees said."Because Bureau staff is helping with this time-sensitive work, the Bureau will produce documents on a rolling basis given the need to prioritize its work regarding the November election," the letter signed by Civil Litigation, Employment and Elections Division Chief Heather S.

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'They didn't say it': crowd fails to respond with Tlaib impeachment pejorative directed at Trump at rally

By Karen Kidd | 5 years ago

Freshman U.S. House Rep. Rashida Harbi Tlaib is trying to make profane language directed at President Donald Trump into a slogan for her 2020 re-election campaign but recently found that at least some of her supporters haven't gotten the memo.