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The Charlie Kirk Show
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"We are receiving hundreds of emails based on our first hour talking about how Donald Trump can win. That's right, he can win and the Democrat plan is not going well. I find it most interesting to look at Democrats that begin to warn about what we are also seeing, the smart Democrat. In 2016, it was Bill Clinton. In 2016, it was Michael Moore. Now, some of these Democrats do that just to raise money and to become relevant, but some of them actually believe it, especially ones that live in the states that are going to decide the election. One of those states is Michigan. Now, Michigan is not an emphasis state for turning point action. I don't think Michigan will be easily won. Michigan can be won, potentially, with proper organizing, especially with just the outright criminalization of everyday patriots in Michigan, as we see with the Attorney General Dana Nessel going after Rose Rook, 81 years old, from Michigan, Pawpaw, Michigan. Democrat Debbie Dingell, who represents a working class district, not a fan of hers, but she speaks the truth when it comes to how Trumpy her district is. Democrats, this is a new narrative out there and they're pushing it, they're pushing it, they're pushing it. Play cut 35. We're heading into another presidential race. If the election were held today in Michigan, do you think Donald Trump as a Republican nominee could beat President Biden as a Democratic nominee? I'm going to look at you all right now. Everybody says Michigan's a blue state. Michigan is not, it is purple. It is a very competitive state and Donald Trump would do well in Michigan right now. I'm not, the elections are a year away, we're at a very volatile time, but I'm not taking Michigan for granted and I'm going to say I've said that very strongly to many people. Do you feel like the Biden team is taking Michigan for granted right now? Should they be doing more already to try to shore things up? Let's just say I think we've gotten their attention. So they're starting to panic a little bit in Michigan, not to mention what's happening in Wisconsin. Ohio is dead. Ohio is no longer a battleground state. Iowa is no longer a battleground state. There's an article in Politico now where they say, oh, because North Carolina has a 25-year-old state chair, North Carolina is in play. North Carolina is going to be competitive, no doubt, no spin. I still think Donald Trump wins that. Florida's done. Forget it. Florida is, that is a deep red state for many years to come. Why? Because Florida has an unending stream every single month of people over the age of 65 with conservative Midwestern values that come and buy property and want Florida to remain red. It's an automatic kind of annuity of every single month there's another 50,000 right-wingers that move to Florida. But this reminds me, Debbie Dingell, reminds me of what Michael Moore said in 2016 when Michael Moore came out and he was one of the only people to say, I don't think you understand. Donald Trump's going to win. Now, I'm not as clearly saying that in 24 because look, we received this email and if I may be so candid to push back on one of our amazing listeners, our listeners make our show better, but I honestly can't stand emails like this. It drives me nuts. This is a bad attitude. All caps. We will lose. Charlie, I adore your enthusiasm, but stop it. Democrats will cheat and there's no way we can win. It goes on and on and on and on. 71, Vietnam veteran, electronics design engineer. I'm just sick of what a crap hole country has become. Craig, I hear you. Cynicism is easy. It's easy to fall victim to cynicism. But if that's the case, how did Donald Trump win in 16? If that's the case, how did he win in the first place? Yes, the odds are stacked against this. Yes, it will be difficult. It's going to require work and organizing. But part of their plan is demoralization, mass psychological warfare to get you to give up, to get you to surrender, to have sentiments like this. And so I will just kindly push back. I acknowledge that our elections are crooked and broken. They're a joke in certain counties, in certain states. Let's try to fix them and do our best. There's no guarantees in life, but you got to fight in the arena. They would love nothing more than for us to surrender and for us to give up. In fact, if there was a guarantee of their victory, if Democrats had a guaranteed victory, why is their propaganda necessary? If their victory was guaranteed, why do they have to continue to act the way they are? Because their victory is not guaranteed. It's not. If they were so confident in their plan, why is there a panic and a freak out? The media will not cover this nearly as accurately what's happening, but there are serious fault lines that are now coming to the surface in the Democrat regime. This forced coalition that they put together is falling apart. When you switch to Patriot Mobile, you're sending the message that you support free speech, religious freedom, the sanctity of life, Second Amendment, and our military veterans and first responder heroes. Their 100% U.S.-based customer service team makes switching easy. Keep your number, keep your phone, or upgrade. Their team will help you find the best plan for your needs. Just go to PatriotMobile.com slash Charlie or call 878-PATRIOT. Free activation when you say offer code Charlie. Join me today and make the switch today to this excellent company. Go to PatriotMobile.com slash Charlie. That is PatriotMobile.com slash Charlie or call 878-PATRIOT.
The Charlie Kirk Show
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"I love the meat from Good Ranchers. It is a terrific, terrific quality. I can tell you right now, when you subscribe to Good Ranchers, you get a guaranteed price and a trusted 100% American source for your favorite cuts. You can save on beef, chicken and pork by locking in your price today. Every single Steakhouse quality cut is individually marbled just for you. You guys could check it out right now. That is good ranchers dot com promo code Kirk for thirty dollars off and a free shipping. Remember, subscribe today and lock in your price. That's good ranchers dot com. American meat delivered. I got to say one of the cruelest stories in America that has received very little coverage is how 16 everyday normal ordinary patriots are now criminally charged for signing a piece of paper that was well within their constitutional rights and obligations and that had historical precedent. Christina, tell us what's going on here and then also telling us tell us how we can help these 16 mega patriots that face 50 to 100 years in jail. Christina. Yeah, so to your point, it's so terrifying what's going on and one of the big things that we can do is get involved. You know, every one of the electors have their different mechanism of how they're combating this legally, but we need everyone to get involved with the Michigan Republican Party in this state and share this information with your friends. Now, that may seem kind of minor. It's like, well, why is sharing information so important? Is that one of the reasons why the individuals like Dana Nessel is able to get away with what she's doing is because average people are allowing it to occur. They're not doing anything and many people don't even know what's happening. If more people knew what was going on and deeply involved within our government, then we could actually fight back and put the fear of God in the people like Dana Nessel that if she does it, she's going to be legally held accountable. Also, it's by making sure that people talk with their Republican elected officials in Michigan and saying, hey, you guys need to file articles of impeachment against Dana Nessel because this cannot be tolerated. We cannot have the government weaponized against the citizenry. But the fact of the matter is, is that she feels very confident that she'll get away with this because the average person is not going to do anything about it. So until these people are held accountable, until they feel lawfully, of course, we're talking lawfully, until they feel lawfully the pain of what they're doing, they're never going to stop. What we live in in America currently is in a situation of absolute lawlessness. Well, these people just get away with whatever they want. So what we're trying to do right now is really mobilize people at the ground level, get more people involved in holding our elected officials accountable, involved in knowing what's happening. That way we can lawfully fight back against it. But right now, this situation is in the courts. So the various electors, they're going to need legal support. So individuals, I'm not sure of all the different fundraising apparatuses that the different electors have because they're charged as individuals. That's what's the important thing to remember that they're not being charged as a group. They're being charged each as individuals. So, you know, making sure that we support them in their different legal pursuits is going to be important. But one of the best ways to protect ourselves from this lawlessness, for example, Dana Nessel threatened me with a felony. And prior to the election last year in 2022 for secretary of state, we sued the clerk of Detroit and the board of election inspectors. And recently the judge hit myself and the other plaintiffs with a $58,000 fine. And the judge in the case wouldn't hear any of our evidence, wouldn't listen to any of our witnesses and called us racist and threw the case out. So my point in saying this is that these people are able to do this or whether it's with President Trump, it's because not enough people are lawfully pushing back against the lawless government that we have. The reality is that our government has been captured by a criminal cartel. And so, you know, oftentimes we think about politics, people are always told, get out and vote, get out and vote and get out and vote or donate. What's the other side of that? What is the other side of that coin? It's about holding your elected officials accountable. How many people listening to me right now have been to a city council meeting, been to a county commissioners meeting? When is the last time you went on your state's website and read the bills that are in committee? When is the last time you showed up to a hearing on the bills that are being discussed to be taken up for a vote? And if the answer to that question is I've never done that, this is precisely the problem. These people are operating in a situation where they're able to have free reign over our lives because we aren't showing up. And when we, the people show up, start to scrutinize these people, ask questions, hold them accountable, then much of this lawlessness will subside and it'll be a lot harder for them to just brazenly persecute people because no one is stopping them. Christina Caramo, thank you for joining us. We're going to keep on talking about Michigan and keep the pressure on and keep the heat. And we have back a hundred percent. Thank you so much, Christina Caramo. Thank you, Charlie, for having me on. The Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, has gone after 16 everyday people. To make an example, it's Soviet show trial stuff of people that are still on social security, people that have very little financial ability to defend themselves. They want to make you suffer. They want to do a show trial, senior citizens and crush you. Most of the media is not covering this story at all.
The Charlie Kirk Show
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"We have been warning for the last couple of years. In fact, it was two years ago where we said that the Night of the Long Knives was beginning, which of course was in Nazi Germany where the regime started to criminally go after their political dissidents. Lock them up. We call this Stalinistic or Maoist. All that stuff is accurate. We've seen it at the top level and the bottom level. For example, if you make a meme that the regime does not like, like Douglas Mackie, they're going to put you in prison. They need to go after the humorists, the satirists. They need to try to send a message that if you mock the regime a decade in prison, they need to go after the truth tellers. Steve Bannon is facing federal prison. We don't know when he's going to go, but he has been convicted and sentenced. Dinesh D'Souza, remember when he did a very successful film against Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton? He was also indicted and convicted by the Southern District of New York. James O'Keefe, truth teller, citizen journalist, Project Veritas had his apartment raided by the FBI and then of course was removed by Project Veritas under very suspicious circumstances. The people on January 6th, you go and you wave a flag. You're 75 years old and they go and throw you in a gulag. All of this points towards an objective, secret police tactics, Gestapo, totalitarianism. They can't win the country by persuasion or dialogue. And this fits perfectly into a disturbing trend that I started to realize eight or nine years ago when I first started at Training Point USA. When I started to go to these college campuses, I was under a false assumption that everybody would want to have a conversation about their ideas. And the vast majority of left-wing activists are not interested in dialogue. Some are, most are not. They find speech to be annoying, threatening. They would rather use power. They do not believe that we are the speaking beings. They do not want to have to use reason. They'd rather say, I'm in charge, you're not. I'm going to complain my way to the top and I'm going to put you in prison. Their quest for power, their quest for their naked quest for power supersedes the rule of law. It also supersedes decency. And so we've seen at every possible level, Donald Trump facing multiple indictments. Bannon, D'Souza, O'Keefe, Giuliani. It's across the board. Now, I don't have to remind you. Hillary Clinton walks free. Anthony Fauci walks free. James Comey walks free. Andy McCabe walks free. And they're most likely not going to be held accountable anytime soon. Hunter Biden signs a little document. Lois Lerner walks free. Loretta Lynch walks free. Bill Clinton walks free. Epstein's entire network walks free. The pharmaceutical companies walk free. I'm not doing this just to fire you up. I'm making a point that is true. What happened yesterday in some way is even more infuriating and unjust than what they're doing against Donald Trump. What they're doing against Trump was unprecedented, historic, never seen it before. But what they've done now in Michigan is to go after you. You've probably seen that meme before. They're coming after me because they want to come after you and I'm just in the way. It's one of Donald Trump's most persuasive one-liners and it's totally true. Well, they're no longer not going after you. In Michigan yesterday, the attorney general has announced criminal charges, a pile of felonies against Trump supporting senior citizens. 16 people in Michigan were indicted by the state's far left attorney general, Dana Nessel. All the while, by the way, crime is up in Detroit. Michigan's a disaster. They are charged with eight felonies apiece because they signed a piece of paper. That's right. They signed a piece of paper to become alternate pro-Trump electoral college electors. Now, what is noteworthy here, and we'll go into the details of it, is why now? Why is this all bubbling up now? And it's obvious the alternate elector piece is critical to be able to prove Donald Trump, quote unquote, prove Donald Trump was a seditious conspiracist. It is by no coincidence whatsoever that Donald Trump gets a letter from Jack Smith and simultaneously the Michigan attorney general moves on these, quote unquote, alternate electors. I was talking to somebody the other day that was one of the good guys in the Department of Justice. He's left and he's now running his own law firm. He's a good guy. He tries to fight the bad guys every single day. And I was texting with him. I said, what is going on here? And he's not a Trump fan, by the way, but he is a rule of law fan. He thinks it's ridiculous what's happening to Trump. And he said, Charlie, he said, I was in the DOJ for a decade. He said the coordination between state attorney generals and the Department of Justice is next level, totalitarian, horrifying. That's from a guy who served in attorneys general. This is a guy who served in the DOJ for 10 years. And I said, what do you mean? He said, Charlie, we have not seen this level of coordination since 9-11. We have not seen this level of orchestration between state attorney generals and the federal government since 9-11, where everyone was on the same page. Everyone was working as if it was like this organized counterterrorism unit. And a theme that we've been building out on this program is we lost our principles and lost our mind after 9-11. We are still living in a post 9-11 world where we decided to forsake the Constitution and forsake the idea of natural rights, all because we were afraid of another terror attack.
WTOP
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WTOP
"And of course on the app. WTOP WTOP at 432 we turn now to what was a busy day. team this For week Donald the Trump's former president legal says he has gotten the formal letter from the Justice Department telling him he is the target of the special counsel's criminal investigation of the Capitol riot and efforts to overturn the 2020 election. A letter like that often means the person receiving it will soon be indicted. The target letter this in case has come from the special counsel Jack Smith and it's told him that he has a limited number of days to appear before the grand jury and present his side of the story and that a failure to do so would result in a fairly imminent arrest and indictment related to his January 6th investigation. That is CBS News investigative correspondent Kathryn Herridge on WTO this week. meantime, In the there is still no decision on another front, a date for the former president's classified documents trial. Special counsel Jack Smith's team and lawyers for Mr. Trump met for the first time in Florida before presiding Judge Aileen Cannon. Now she is signaling that a trial date at any point this year may be too soon. Justice Department reporter Sadie Germin covers the hearing for the Wall Street Journal. For his part, Trump's lawyers have Certainly requested that the trial be held far beyond the November 2024 election. They said that there is no way that he can possibly get a fair trial while he's campaigning and that he's going to be very busy have requested that the judge be held far beyond the November 2024 election. will do, but that's certainly what they've requested. Judge Cannon has put off an immediate decision on the matter saying on Tuesday after the hearing she would issue a written order promptly. In the meantime in Michigan, 16 fake electors for Donald J Trump are now charged formally this morning with election law and forgery felony. Attorney General Dana Nessel says the 16 met covertly in the basement of Michigan GOP headquarters in 2020 and knowingly signed their names to certificates that they were the duly elected and qualified electors for president in Michigan. lie. That was a They weren't the duly elected and qualified electors and each of the defendants includes knew Republican it. The group National Committeewoman Kathy Burden and Michonne Maddock, former co -chair of the Michigan Republican Party. They carried out these actions with the hope and belief that the electoral votes of Michigan's 2020 election would be awarded to the candidate of their choosing instead of the candidate that Michigan voters actually chose. President Biden won in Michigan in 2020. I'm Ed P. at 435 turning the page to other news this morning Israeli president Isaac Herzog today this Wednesday will formally address a meeting a joint meeting of Congress and ahead of his address the house overwhelmingly this week approved a resolution supporting Israel after a democratic lawmaker called it a racist state WTO Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller as today on the hill Wednesday morning Texas Republican August Fluger sponsored the resolution saying it was important to pass as Israel's president visits the US critical for the US Congress send to a unified message that we stand with Israel and that we unequivocally support our Jewish communities Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib whose family is Palestinian spoke out against Israel's treatment of Palestinians Israel is an apartheid state the resolution was introduced in the wake of Democrat Pramila Jayapal calling Israel a racist state which the Washington lawmaker has since walked back and also issued an apology on Capitol Hill Mitchell Miller WTOP news you get more for your money at Thompson Creek energy -efficient Thompson Creek windows can lower your utility bills as summer heats up don't wait get windows now and pay later Thompson Creek does it all design build and install suit you won't pay the middleman markup you get high -quality windows at an affordable
Northwest Newsradio
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"Station. Newsradio 1000 From FM 977, the ABC News, I'm Daria Uldinger. Former President Trump says he's gotten another letter and that he wants to be indicted again soon. On the same day he announced he's the target of yet another federal criminal probe, former President Trump appearing at a Fox News town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It bothers me, it bothers me for everybody in this incredible sold out audience. Repeating claims that he's the subject of a witch hunt that doesn't stop on weekend. the I got the letter on Sunday night. Think of it. I don't think they've ever sent a letter on Sunday night. Trump the saying letter came from special counsel Jack Smith, who's investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Dave Packer, ABC News. 16 Michigan residents face felony charges. They're accused of signing their names to a certificate stating they were duly elected presidential electors. But they supported Mr. Trump while Michigan voted for Democrat Joe Biden. Undoubtedly, there will be those who claim these charges are political in nature. But where there is overwhelming evidence of guilt in respect to multiple crimes, the most political act I could engage in as a prosecutor would be to take no action at all. State Attorney General Dana Nessel. No relief insight for parts of the south broiling in a heatwave. records Keep falling like dominoes around the country from El Paso, Texas. 33 straight days at 100 or better to Miami where it's felt like 105 or worse for 16 straight days. Heat domes, large areas of high pressure are sending temperatures scorching over North America, the Atlantic and Europe. ABC's Molongi and Phoenix where the mercury topped 110 degrees for the 19th day. Illinois will eliminate cash bail effective 18th, September the first state to do so. Las Vegas police have confirmed they've served a warrant search this week in connection with the decades old killing of Tupac Shakur. The legendary hip hop artist was fatally shot in 1996. You're listening to ABC News. If you unfiled have taxes or are in debt to the IRS, this is important news. The IRS just rolled out a new program to help struggling taxpayers more easily resolve their tax problems. It's called the Taxpayer Relief Initiative and it opens up powerful new options for people looking to get back on the right track with the IRS. And no one knows this program like the Professionals at Optima Tax Relief, America's most trusted tax resolution company.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"National news to Washington D.C. we go hey there Nancy Lyons Hey Tim Ukraine is not willing to cede a single inch of land to Russia but it is willing to discuss some other issues including neutrality That's what the deputy chief of staff to Ukraine president volodymyr zelensky told Bloomberg today This is the case if the world community will provide us with security guarantees Together with Russia who should also guarantee security and not repeating the situation their aggressive war was just kept in now Yes this question is discussed Igor jakova speaking exclusively with Bloomberg says Ukraine desperately needs help defending the skies And he urges a quick resolution what to do with those MiG 29 jets that have been donated by Poland The Pentagon's John Kirby this afternoon said the U.S. thanks to transfer of those jets is a bad idea We need to be careful about every decision we make that we aren't making the potential for escalation worse The Pentagon's John Kirby A former Michigan boy scout leader is facing criminal charges in connection with an investigation into the Boy Scouts of America Michigan attorney general Dana nessel says Mark Chapman is facing ten total charges for allegedly sexually abusing two victims when they were children Mark Chapman is alleged to have abused children for years He threatened them with violence when they refused to participate or tried to stop him from continuing his assault Nassau says the charges against Chapman include two counts of criminal sexual misconduct in the first degree two counts of criminal sexual misconduct in the second degree Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120.
Michigan Policast
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on Michigan Policast
"I love talking with the woman. Just because she's she's a real person and she's she's kind of switch to talk with but she is very serious about her job. And i think doing a pretty effective job at it politically and from a policy standpoint. I agree and just what she did on on the opioid crisis. I think is is huge. There's some good news. For state republican. Co-chair ron weiser. The aforementioned attorney general dana nessel has investigated and decided that the two hundred thousand dollars that he paid out of republican funds and then reimbursed to get a candidate out of the race for secretary of state is in criminal and the reason was pretty simple. The chair of the republican party is not a public official and not subject to the same bribery rules as a public official would be charged with. She said the whole thing stinks. But it's not illegal ethical sleazy but not illegal yup a three bills in the voter suppression package passed in the house. These are of course two solutions in search of a problem house minority leader dial a sense gi said the bills were an attempt to stoke fear and paranoia in michiganders' about the electoral system. She said we are here today. Wasting our time making laws about elections that make no real changes. They just feed ally record cheap political points with these divisive issues instead of doing real work on the budget and it's disrespectful to our institution and frankly it she's right and you can say that about almost every vote that goes through this republican controlled house. Not all of them but many of them will be three bills. Were actually a waste of time. Because they don't do anything. One of them will prohibit voting equipment from being connected to the internet that passed seventy seven thirty one only problem with that. That's already the practice. All it does is put into law. What they're already doing. That means absolutely nothing but it does feed the conspiracy that the voting machines were hacked through the internet for the twenty twenty general election. It's not possible because they weren't connected to the internet for the twenty twenty general election. Another bill prohibits third parties from accessing the qualified voter files stating that only state and local officials are allowed to access. That's the master file of voters in the state. That bill passed seventy five to thirty three. It's already illegal does does absolutely nothing. And then there's a bill that would expand the record retention period for ballots requiring election clerks. A hold onto paper ballots for twenty two months after final official counter certified by the board of canvassers. That is a solution in search of a problem. Because it's already the law and it is required for federal elections and as a matter of practice clerks do the same thing for state elections so these bills are harmless invest. But the reality is there are waste of time designed to feed the narrative that the election was rigged. We need to make all of these reforms. Well and they elevate the What is thirty nine bill package. That overall would have the impact of suppressing the vote. they give it a s- coach of legitimacy. Because you know these are things already being done. So Yeah just a waste of time. Speaking of a waste of time. We may have a balanced proposal to put into our constitution a right for citizens to request what they call a forensic audit of elections..
WJR 760
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WJR 760
"Paul W. Smith Show on W. J. R. Well, uh, it's not new. It's kind of become a regular thing. I have never seen as many Michigan officeholders politicians showing up on national and international news as we have in the fast I know in the past year or so. Certainly Governor Gretchen Whitmer was everywhere on CNN and other networks. Along the way. The attorney general Dana Nessel, has been all over the place and the secretary of state Jocelyn Benson, to name but three We add to that now our former Detroit to police chief Chief James Craig, who once again last night was starring On Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Lloyd Jackson. Is keeping an eye on the chief as our WJR senior news analyst has to stay on his toes to do that, Lloyd. Good morning. Good morning, Paul W N as you, said former Detroit police chief James Craig, who ended his 44 year career in law enforcement. June 1st made a comment last night during an appearance on Tucker Carlson tonight that would lead one to believe that he's running for governor, Michigan and for those of you who didn't hear it. Here's what Craig had to say, Tucker. I know we're short on time. I got one thing I got to get out. Before I end. This hope we can do this again next week, because guess what? I have an important announcement from Michigan's future right here. And I promise you I'm gonna do it on your show. If Man. I love.
News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"Goal at 809 108,000 Call 809 108,000. Now on time Traffic news and weather on the page looks pretty good on most of the roadways run the Metro Detroit area standard. Slow traffic If you're headed toward 75, south palm between 14 mile down to 11 mile into it through construction about four or five minutes there Same thing on the North bound side. Not quite a slow, though, between 6 96 and 12 my only a couple of minutes. They're 94 west between him 59 right around North River Road looks like that's kind of slow for about two or three minutes this morning. The forecast for today's sunshine this morning with a few afternoon clouds later the high of 71 Tonight partly cloudy skies chili again a little 49 Saturday Partly cloudy in the morning. Cloudy skies in the afternoon high of 72 53 degrees and sunshine around metro Detroit from the town hall dot com Newsroom The Board of State canvassers will meet today at 10 A.m.. A consider for recall petitions. All were submitted by Chad Basin April to recall Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Johnson Benson. Two petitions were submitted for nestles recall. The 1st 400 retail with hospitality workers who show up today, a Clark park in Detroit for a covert 19 vaccination will receive a $25 visa gift card. The cards were part of a statewide campaign to get shots in arms had no appointment is needed. The clinic is open from two until seven. P.m. and 11 30 Clark Street, the Michigan Department of Natural Resource is calling on people to be careful this weekend, with campfires to Bree burning in other activities. Was high fire danger of the state with D N R Fire prevention specialist Paul.
News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on News-Talk 1400 The Patriot
"Sunny and breezy tomorrow with a high near 60. Right now. It's partly cloudy and 45 degrees from the town hall dot com. Newsroom, the self proclaimed leader of the white supremacist group called the base is back in custody after having his bond revoked. Justin Watkins turned himself into Washington County authorities yesterday. Attorney general Dana Nessel says Watkins was not adhering to bond conditions stemming from charges he's facing in connection with a 2019 incident in Dexter, including gang membership and using computers to commit a crime. Man is facing charges for threatening to Warren City Council members and their families. Keith Olsen is accused of making the threats and phone calls last month. The Macomb County prosecutor's office has charged him with malicious use of a telecommunications device. Ah, warrant is out for his arrest. Group of residents in southwest Detroit is appealing to officials to crack down on street racing. Community members see the area's becoming a popular spot for races and that reckless driving laws aren't enough to stop it. Michigan's first Cannabis Consumption lounge will open in Ann Arbor. Holistic Industries plans to open the lounge next to their retail store on South Ashley. We have traffic and weather four times an hour. I'm John Bailey on the Patriot. I found one on 1.5 and a M. 1400. If you owe back taxes, there's a lot you need to know. Starting with rule number one Don't mess with the I. R s They are cracking down this year by sending out heart stopping letters actively garnishing paychecks, Levy in bank accounts and putting leans on homes and businesses. That's all true, but it's also true. There's a way out. It's called the Fresh Start Initiative and important Government program for tax debt assistance. It's one of the biggest breaks the Iris has ever offered. So now's the time you could qualify for tax relief that saved you thousands. Even tens of Thousands. Nobody knows this program like the award.
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Ex-U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach charged with sexual assault
"Of the sport's most prominent coaches, who had ties to the to the notorious sports doctor, Larry Nassar has killed himself. John Getter, took his own life just hours after he was charged with two dozen crimes, including human trafficking. And sexual assault get led the U. S women's gymnastics team to a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Joining us now is NPR Sports correspondent Tom Goldman. Hey there, Tom. Hi, Mary Louise. What else do we know? Well, we have confirmed that John get hurt, killed himself. Hours after he was charged. He was supposed to turn himself in this afternoon. He'd been investigated for the last three years. His investigation grew out of the Larry Nasaa retrial. Yes, sir, of course, was convicted of sexually abusing many, many female athletes, including some of the most famous U. S Olympic women, Jim Nous, and throughout his investigation get, ERT steadfastly maintained his innocence and that he wasn't aware of what NASA or was doing. Well, what else do we know about this? There were two dozen charges that the state of Michigan announced today. What what exactly was getting accused of having done? A Michigan attorney General Dana Nessel, um announced yes, the two dozen charges and 20 of the 24 counts for for human trafficking and forced Labor and Attorney General, Nestle explained. Human trafficking charges in a press conference today, it is alleged that John Getter used force fraud and coercion against the young athletes that came to him for gymnastics training for financial benefit to him. Victims suffer from disordered eating, including bulimia and anorexia, suicide attempts and self harm, excessive physical conditioning. Repeatedly being forced to perform even when injured Extreme emotional abuse and physical abuse, including sexual assault. Now. Mary Louise, Um Attorney General, Nestle acknowledge that cases like this don't often involve human trafficking, she said. We think of it predominantly is affecting people without the means to protect themselves from this type of crime. But she said, it can obviously affect all types of people in this case, young elite female athletes and she said. The alleged victims still carry the scars of those crimes to the state. Yeah. I said there are ties between Get ERT on Larry Nassar. What were the ties? Yeah, we'll get her was AH, longtime owner and coach at a gym near Lansing, Michigan on Git was there where hundreds of women say Larry NASA are abused them. Now Starr was the team physician and in house medical expert and get her. It's Jim for about 20 years. One of the charges today was that get lied to police about Nassar's role as the physician at his gym get hurt, allegedly told police he had never heard any complaints about Nassar's treatment of athletes. Although at least one prominent athlete contradicts that. She said she was with a group of fellow Jim Nous and get hurt, and she mentioned that NASA had abused her, She says her teammates gasped. And get hurt. Didn't react. USA Gymnastics suspended Get her during the nests are scandal and get retired in 2018. And finally today following his death by suicide, Rachel den Hollander, the first to publicly accused ness or of sexual abuse. Tweeted this so much pain and grief for everyone to the survivors. You have been heard and believed, and we stand with you. Thank you for telling the truth. NPR's Tom Goldman reporting. I think you told me you're welcome.
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Former USA Gymnastics Coach Charged With 2 Dozen Criminal Charges, Dies By Suicide
"Gymnastics coach has taken his own life hours after learning criminal charges were levied against him. Fox is meant Napolitano has the latest authorities in Michigan confirming John get it's death by suicide Thursday, just hours after learning of 24 felony charges levied against him stemming from decades of alleged physical, sexual and emotional abuse of athletes, including 20 counts of human trafficking and forced labor traffickers can seize an opportunity at any time. And used the vulnerability. Of their victims to their advantage. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel get heard. A longtime member of USA Gymnastics who came under fire for his abusive coaching practices during the Larry Nassar fall out, had agreed to surrender to the charges Thursday but was a no show for his arraignment, which had set off concerns of his whereabouts. He was 63 years old Matt
The Takeaway
Former U.S. Gymnastics Coach Is Dead After Human Trafficking Charges
"Being leveled at an associate of Larry Ness are the former U. S gymnastics team doctor now behind bars accused of sexually molesting hundreds of young female gymnasts, most of them minors. Ah, former head coach of the U. S team, John get hurt is now under arrest in charge with 24 felony counts. Including human trafficking and sexual assault. In announcing the arrest, state Attorney General Dana Nessel also implicated Michigan State University in the crimes for failing to turn over internal documents believed to be connected to ness are There are no legal avenues remaining that would allow us to secure these documents absent MSU's decision to voluntarily produce them. I find it unconscionable. At the university would stonewall the very investigation that it requested some gym. This alleged together. It was physically and emotionally abusive and force them to be treated by NASA are Get her, maintains he had zero knowledge of Nasser's crimes. The
860AM The Answer
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on 860AM The Answer
"And I'll read it to you for the daily signal. Lawyers are facing Reprisal for representative representing Trump. Article in the Daily signal. So you represented Trump. That question is unfairly haunting a number of the former president's lawyers. Because of his legal counsel to former President Donald Trump, Constitutional scholar and law professor John Eastman build the show many times. Former dean of the law school, no less former Dean. Was pushed out of Chapman University, where he spent his entire very distinguished academic career. The same happened to cleave to Mitchell. Well known and highly respected Washington, D C lawyer who had practiced with Foley and Lardner for decades now Michigan lawyer lawyers Greg Rolls got hag Rystrom and Stephanie Jin Tila. Who represented the Trump campaign and election litigation in the state. Being unfairly and unjustly targeted for disbarment. Disbarment. My governor Gretchen Whitmer and state Attorney General Dana Nessel. When I think of correction, Wittmer and some others, I think of the moronic idea all if the world were run by women if the world were run by women It would not be any better than it is and given the The over representation of women among elementary school teachers and what they're doing now going on strike rather than being a classroom with an unvaccinated or unmasked child. It. It may even be worse if women ran civilization. These lawyers find themselves in the all too familiar position today of being punished for carrying out their professional duties to the best of their abilities, as required by the codes of conduct ungovernable attorneys by representing a client who is politically unpopular with those in power. This is an American and something we don't say lightly. This country is fundamentally based on the rule of law, which depends on protecting the ability and independence of lawyers. Taken unpopular clients of unpopular cases. This is one of those lessons that people on both sides of the political aisle selectively defend and selectively forget Well. There you go. Being disbarred because they challenge the election laws the way they were implemented, and then he'd given state Let's get rid of them as lawyers. Let's get rid of them as Business friendly. Right? Well. When they Prager 776. Interesting.
WJR 760
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WJR 760
"In Washington will move ahead with nearly $2 trillion in Corona virus related spending. Despite opposition from Republicans. Fox is Jared Helper and following the story, The Biden administration is not proposing to break up elements of a $1.9 trillion covert relief proposal. White House press secretary Jen Psaki says the president does not want choices made between helping families but food on the table or reopening schools safely. This is a Overall package and proposal that is absolutely targeted for the people who need it most. But he's happy to have a conversation about that. Republican leaders have balked at the price tag. But Democratic leaders are preparing to go it alone without Republican support, if necessary, using a budget reconciliation process that avoids a 60 vote threshold in the Senate on Capitol Hill, Jared Halpern Fox News Michigan, reporting 1872 new coronavirus cases. 80 deaths, 67 of them found after a review of records and New York congresswoman at least two phonic calling for consequences for the governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo's administration after the state attorney general issued a report disputing New York's official count of covert nursing home death. Report prompted Cuomo's administration to release a new set of numbers indicating some 4000 additional deaths. We need to get answers and issue subpoenas immediately against the governor. Commissioner of Health in New York state, Dr Zucker and his senior staff because the corruption is the cover up. They knew this number, and yet they refused to be transparent with New Yorkers. But what was most heartless is they weren't transparent with those that have lost loved ones. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filing a motion for sanctions against three Michigan attorneys. And one Texas attorney who see who's she says pursuit of frivolous lawsuit in an effort to disenfranchise Michigan voters and undermine the public trust in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. Nestle filing a motion for sanctions against Michigan attorneys Greg Roll Scott Hecker Storm Stephanie Jen Tila and Texas attorney Sidney Powell. Ah, close Trump Ally. The suit filed with the U. S District Court for the Eastern District in Michigan. The motion looking to recover attorney fees at about $11,000. There's a push on Capitol Hill to have the late officer Brian Sick. Nick Lyon honor in Congress before he's buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Officer Sick. Nick was one of five deaths from the Capitol Hill riots earlier this month and Indiana teenager facing a slew of murder charges accused of shooting and killing multiple members of his extended family. We get more from Fox is Paul Stevens, a 17 year old charged as an adult in connection with fatally shooting six relatives on Sunday. Raymond Ronald Lee Cha Kyle's the third facing murder counts for allegedly killing his father, stepmother to teenage relatives. Ah, pregnant 19 year old woman and her unborn baby. Childs also facing an attempted murder charge and the wounding of another relative of 15, year old boy, the sole survivor of the shooting at the family's home on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Paul Stevens Fox News. Taking a look at the world markets.
RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on RUMBLE with MICHAEL MOORE
"Twenty fourteen they started seeing an increase in legionella cases to two months after the switchover to the flat wherever they started seeing a significant increase in genesee county of legionella which is a deadly waterborne editorial bacterial pneumonia and M rick snyder. Health department was aware of an increase in legionella in june july. Then august There was i. It was first detected in the local mclaren hospital in flint and That is where my recent reporting starts because mirus recent reporting Indicates that governor snyder was fully aware of the deadly legionella outbreak as early as october twenty fourteen. Which is a hell of a lot earlier than january. Two thousand sixteen which is what. He testified to congress. Well that right there. There's there's the big that's the big factoid of this of this cover up and I i know you're you can't go inside governor snyder's brain but but really the ambition maybe running for president the connections to the new york banks that are funding. This how does he. How does he live with himself once. He knows he's been told by medical officials. Now there's a problem. There's a problem where we are causing a lot of sickness in the city of flint because of their drinking this water and they shouldn't be and they shouldn't be bathing in it and they should and and to then just to go into the mode of say nothing do nothing. Well i want to. You know The current attorney general dana nessel charged him with willful neglect of duty. Which is a misdemeanor. We get into that. But i found this was not neglect. He didn't neglect act. He acted he covered it. Up your alley. And i think people know you might remember this but the context of when we found this avalanche of phone calls between we found an avalanche over. Two days between the governor has chief of staff and the health director This was october two thousand fourteen. It's not just that he's trying to get reelected. He is at that point in the final stretch of trying to quote rescue detroit and bring detroit out of bankruptcy right which was going to be his his his whole thing with running for president was going to be on an economic wizard that rescue Distress cities i didn't enjoy decrying. Yeah yeah and that was what was happening in the background while the outbreak By october two thousand fourteen they had already had a about forty cases. Just that year In genesee county the normal amount they had was anywhere from like ten to fifteen so they had forty by october..
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"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WJR 760
"This is in Washington County and 14 North bound between Barton dry than us 23 disabled vehicle in Port Huron Blocking the right shoulder 94 eastbound after I 69 Now WJR weather first from the weather Channel. Looks like we see some sunshine. Some clouds mixed in but still mild. The high of 42 Tonight too cloudy. Occasional showers. Overnight. Your low 36. Seeing some rain showers developing on into Friday morning periods of rain and snow and a high of 39 34 degrees. I'm Dana Clark WJR news with Maria's born in two minutes, whether it's 15 terrifying miles to the first date or 92 miles to meeting your very best friend and naming him Max, whether it's 300 eager back seat miles to funnel cakes and Ferris wheels. Or just setting toe work. Marathon has the fuel to keep your engine running at peak performance because you never know where life is going to take you. For quality fuel through every mile. Philip it marathon. Wakes up with Paul W. Smith on Newstalk 7 60 WJR Mark Lovin weeknights at eight on NEWS talk 7 60 Deluge A with no fees or minimums on checking and savings accounts. Banking with capital One is like the easiest decision in the history of decisions. Kind of like choosing Charles Barkley in a pickup game. We'll take Mark going, Pa first pick. Sorry, kids. Yep. Even easier than that. And with our top rated app, you can bank any time anywhere, making capital one and even easier decision. Okay, Here's the plan passed me the ball every time. This is banking reimagined, what's in your wallet? New consumer accounts only. Approval required terms. Apply Capital One and a member of the I. C. Mitch Album afternoons at five on news talk. 7 60 wjr form together. Rick Snyder, appearing in a Flint courtroom this morning, pleaded not guilty to two charges of willful neglect of duty misdemeanor charges. A major announcement later today in the Flint water crisis will be made by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Snyder spoke only twice during the proceedings Responding.
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Ex-Michigan governor facing neglect charges for Flint water crisis
"Neglect of duty stemming from an investigation into the Flint water crisis. These charges were shown in an online court record, their misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail in $1000 fine State archivist says no governor former governor of Michigan history has been charged with crimes related to their time in office. We will learn Mark Maura about all this and the others who will be charged today at 11 31. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel holds a press conference. President Trump has just a few days left in office, and when he leaves, he'll be the
WGN Radio
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WGN Radio
"The FBI is reporting that there are credible threats of violence for Sunday at the Minnesota and Michigan State Capitals. Yahoo News reports The evidence for an attack is laid out in a memo written by the FBI's Minneapolis division. The report says. Some followers of the violent Boogaloo group attended protests in early December at the Minnesota state capital to identify escape points and defensible positions of if violence occurred. The FBI warned yesterday that pro testing impossible violence could happen at every state's capital and the U. S capitol in the coming weeks. Senator Chuck Schumer is calling for capital writers to be placed on TSZ no fly list. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the state Capitol building is unsafe. It was announced yesterday that the open carry of firearms in Michigan's Capitol building was banned. But Nestle argues there's no mechanism in place to check if people in the building are concealed, carrying weapons or explosives. Ah bomb threat was reported to Michigan's Capitol building the day after the Capitol writes in D. C. Online shopping is growing to new heights in the U. S. Over the 2020 holiday season. E commerce sales screwed over 32% from the previous year, with American spending a record $188 billion. Analysts say the increased comes as more people are shopping online due to the pandemic. WGN SPORTS Chicago Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colton has agreed to a two year contract extension. This is his third season leading the team Blackhawks Open the season tomorrow at Tampa Bay, and you can catch all the action here on 7 20 WGN. Tonight's Bull's game against the Celtics has been postponed because of Covitz safety protocols. Forecast from the per Maciel Weather Center today. Partly sunny temperatures in the mid thirties. Tonight we dropped to the upper twenties. It will be mostly cloudy and then mostly cloudy tomorrow, with temperatures back in the upper thirties your money on WGN. The Dow is now up 26 points at 31,037. NASDAQ Up 23 points at 13,059, the S and P 500. Is down a fraction of a point of 37 98. It's 32 degrees in Bartlett, 34 in Waukegan and 34 degrees on the lakefront. I'm Lauren Lap.
Biz Talk Radio
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on Biz Talk Radio
"Then also the connections on the Chinese and other countries that were attacking us in this massive cyber Pearl Harbor as we called it. Well, and that's and that's the perfect name for it, too. If you think about what happened here, if you think about it, if if if it was sorrows in the Chinese on they were using the Dominion software, and you had Dominion personnel in Detroit, which we know were there If they were in Atlanta, which we know they were there they were in Philadelphia, which we know they were there. And you actually have the ability to turn votes from one into the other, almost without recognition. That's why this this forensic audit that went down in an Durham County, Michigan last week is so important and it's certainly why in the public interest, the attorney general Dana Nessel, Has an obligation to the voters of Michigan. But more importantly than that, the voters of the entire United States to reveal transparently what the results of those audits turned up. They're making up some sort of excuse like it's gonna jeopardize election security for the next election when in two years Stop it! Just stop it. All right, let's go back to the call. Zeke is calling from a Las Cruces, New Mexico Online to Hello, Zeke. Welcome. Hey, I was going there. Good. What's your thought? My thoughts. Basically, I think I feel like I feel like the voter fraud is a bit redundant at this point, because most Trump supporters We all know that the fraud I mean, like you said, every day more more coming out. I think I think we all get.
WJR 760
"attorney general dana nessel" Discussed on WJR 760
"Then we had folks like Chema a Colonna Goretti that as soon as she went off and testify, and she gave it brilliant testimony, and I am just took out all the false narratives of the culture trying to undermine America. She took them out one by one. And in response, what happened is that they put her address out on the Internet and just started blasting it. She had to get a state police escort to get back home that night. What That was. This was this was this two nights ago. This was last night. Last night last night coming back from I called my friends out of the Northfield Township, and I asked them that public safety to get public safety involved a protector. These guys and the other woman who was out there. Jessie and her husband, Uh, uh, Sonny. Um, we had We were praying over them before they went in there. Because they were so nervous about what would be happening to them in their family for getting up there and testifying to the truth, doctor who's making these threats. We? I don't know who's making them. They're all over the Internet. But you got, folks. Well, I can tell you specifically who made him against Monica Palmer, though we had over him, I'II show who was a state representative elect you docks, Monica Palmer's daughter told everybody where her daughter went to school. I want you to be concerned for her. And we also have Ned Stabler at Wayne State University is a vice president there, you know, Public university paid for by our star dollars, saying the most vile comments and then you got our own attorney General Dana Nessel threatening mate. What is she? I missed her Was that in the tweeter? She do it directly. Yes, she decided to go off and tweet because I haven't filed any charges with her because I'm so confident in her ability to go off and get to the bottom of the truth. Um, she's quit chastising me saying, you know, making these charges called back. There's something that is subject to criminal penalty if it's not the truth. And I can tell you it's the truth I've signed under after David, others assigning after David that penalty of perjury is Iran. I really shuttered even think because I think she's capable of actually trying to bring criminal charges against you. Petko back just because you're standing for what you believe is the law and his right and and having clean elections. I can really picture that from this attorney general. SATs and acts chapter for moment. We got people standing up and the reason they're doing those because they know the truth and they will not stop. So the truth is getting hurt. Patrick, Go back. Thanks so much for being with us, then for for standing up for for your constitutional rights and your obligations as a citizen to to make sure that things go right. We should all learn from you and I really appreciate you joining us again this morning. No, thank you Want Frank? Take care of that cold.
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FBI is investigating mysterious robocalls
"Right now. Mysterious robocalls or on the fbi's radar. Fox's rachel sutherland. has this live lisa. Bogus texan calls have been popping up on smartphones across the country. The washington post reports and unknown institute has been sitting messages to stay home and stay safe over the past several weeks. You mail spam blocking company told the paper and investigation uncover ten million messages. Meanwhile in michigan attorney general dana nessel says her office is getting reports of robocalls people in flint. Telling them to vote tomorrow because of long lines polls close in michigan. Eight o'clock tonight
MSNBC Rachel Maddow (audio)
Two conservative political operatives charged with misleading voter robocalls
"In August people in Detroit who were registered voters the trait is majority Democrat city. It's nearly eighty percent African, American registered voters in Detroit this summer. who had phone numbers in the three one three Detroit area code. They started getting calls that kind of seemed like crimes. And I'm going to play the call for you here. I will tell you before I play it that it is what you're about to hear on this call is unmitigated Bo Punky none of this is true but this is the call slash crime that went out to detroiters this summer. I'm. Not Ninety nine. Founded by Jack Berkman and Jacob. ooh. Mandarin voting found great but they do know that if you vote by mail, your personal information will be other public they that will be leaked assignments to track down. So worn and being used a credit card companies to collect outstanding debt the city even pushing. For they've only to try people for mandatory. I'll be connected door formation for the main. State. Where both by. Wear vote by mail. Vote by mail, your personal information is going to be given to the police to track you down for any old warrants and your personal information will be given to credit card companies to track you down for any old debt, and then the CDC is going to use that information. If you vote by mail to hunt you down and make you take mandatory vaccines that you don't want. Right that's all horse hockey. None of that is true voting by mail in Michigan doesn't actually put your personal information out there anywhere registering the vote means registering to vote but beyond that, how you vote doesn't matter at all. But when Sandra McNeill, on WWe, in Detroit got that recording of call they started looking into it. See if it was a one offer to see if this is more widespread thing. They started looking into it. So did the State Attorney General and the Michigan Secretary of State and those state officials held a press conference and they took the unusual step of releasing the audio recording of that call. So that other people who might have received, it would recognize it but also I think to put people on notice that this was misinformation and if you get this, this is not only wrong. This is potentially a crime they gave a stern public warning saying they're working to find out who was sending these absolutely false calls full of disinformation trying to intimidate voters they asked for members of the public to let them know if they too had received a call like this record, the call record, the date, and time you received it record any identifying information that came in with the call on your caller, id or anything like that. Michigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel warned that it is a felony under Michigan Law to deter or otherwise disrupt a person attempting to vote. So they went big with it. They basically said in that press conference five or so weeks ago you know listen you're targeting mostly black registered voters to dump all this disinformation on them to try to stop them voting by mail the you may think this is cute but this is illegal in this state and we're coming for you. Well today they made good on that threat tonight Michigan State Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced felony charges that have been filed against the two men whose names were listed at the beginning of that call. They have publicly denied having anything to do with this call. They've said, this must be some liberal group trying to make them look bad. It should be noted that callers received these calls also got caller ID messages saying the calls for coming from one of the two men's phone numbers. these guys are are trump supporters and conservative activists with a history of making flamboyant false claims at one point during the special counsel's investigation Robert Muller's office released a public statement announcing that they had referred these guys to the FBI after multiple women came forward to say that these guys had offered them money to make up sexual assault allegations against Robert. Muller. They referred them to the FBI for that. I. Wonder Whatever happened to that FBI referral. These gentleman also fabricated sexual assault allegations against Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buddha judge in the heat of the Democratic primary that allegation fell apart when the person they put forward to make those charges against people to judge publicly recanted and admitted that it wasn't true and publicly explained that these guys had put him up to it. They also tried to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Dr Anthony FAUCI. Seriously they offered cash rewards anybody who would say they heard Joe Biden using racial epithets right. These guys are a peach of a pair and they have been doing this kind of stuff to try to boost the trump campaign and to boost the trump presidency they've been doing it for a long time now apparently with impunity. But now they are facing multiple felony charges in Michigan Four felony charges all related to the election crime of intimidating voters. With a maximum total jail time of I think twenty four years in prison. But here's what's particularly interesting here. The investigation sparked by the Michigan authorities deciding that they were going to go big and go public with this turned up the fact that this wasn't just a local thing that had happened to one or two people. It wasn't even a Michigan specific attack turns out the calls out all over I. It was a Chicago Alter woman a local official in Chicago who alerted the board of elections there that she too had received this racist robocall. At her home in Chicago. Then it was people in Pittsburgh, and in Philadelphia who all said, they got this excuse me this same call. When Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan announced these felony charges today she said, the her office conferred with the Attorney General in Illinois or Chicago is and in Pennsylvania where Philly in Pittsburgh are but she says, she also conferred with the Attorneys Journal in New York and in Ohio because it turns out these calls have been going out to majority black districts registered voters in majority black districts all over the country in all in announcing these charges today the Michigan Attorney General's office estimates that eighty five, thousand of these calls have gone out. Just in the past few weeks trying to terrify black voters into not voting by mail at. Eighty, five thousand mostly black voters getting these calls saying if you vote by mail the CDC's going to put you on a list for mandatory vaccination that you don't want. If you vote by mail the credit card companies are going to track you down to find all your debt. If you vote by mail, the police are coming for you. Eighty five thousand of these calls. In. Multiple States. Over a period of weeks. After Attorney General Dana Nessel announced these charges today in Michigan. She didn't interview with that reporter from Wj, who helped break this thing open from the start with that tip from a listener. Reporter Sandra McNeill she asked the AG. The question that actually has been on my mind since I first heard about this story, which is, why did these guys have the goal to use their own names on this robocall? which so obviously appears to be a crime in progress trying to intimidate voters why would you put your name on that while committing that crime that's like robbing a bank and handing your real business card everybody might have witnessed it. Attorney General Nestle told the reporter from WWe Jay in response quote I honestly think that they've gotten away with so many things for so long. They thought that no, one would do anything they thought it wouldn't matter. Turns out matters. Joining us now live from Michigan is the Great State of Michigan's attorney, General Nestle Madam Attorney General. Thank you so much for being here. Tonight know it's a busy time. For having me I really appreciate your use of the term bull hockey I've never heard that before. But they use it. Bowl puppy and horse hockey are terms of art. You're welcome to use either of them. I don't even collect commission anymore. Does ask if I've got any of that wrong or if there's any important part of this. Case that you brought today that you announced today that I've missed. Now I think it was a summation. But what I think I'd like people to know is first of all, you know, yeah, that was twelve thousand calls that were made to the state of Michigan really centralized in the city of Detroit, the three one, three area area code, which is the city of Detroit. The thing about this, that's twelve thousand calls the twelve thousand potential voters trump won the state of Michigan by just over ten thousand votes. So I mean this is incredibly impactful and what I thought about for a long time. What is the point of having all these laws on the books in regard to voter suppression voter intimidation threats against voters if we never actually. Enforce them and what we know about twenty six sixteen is that trump didn't win because of the people who voted for him in Michigan he wanted because of the people who didn't voted all and that is what I think. These folks are trying to accomplish trying to suppress the vote and scare people into not voting action t during the course of a global pandemic, and we're not having it in this state just absolutely neck when you accept that these individuals can be so brazen as to attach themselves personally to these phone calls and think they can just get away with it. If they think it's funny that can joke around about it behind bars as far as I'm concerned. Is there a technical reason why cases like this are hard to bring? Obviously, these gentlemen have the. Office charged today they have their names on the front of this robocalled. They've since publicly denied that they actually made the robocall and said, somebody else must have done this in their names in order to make them look bad or prank them when it comes to the technical nature of proving that these were the people who in the charges conspired to and ultimately committed these acts voter intimidation is it hard to prove? Well. Unfortunately, for Mr, role and Mr Berkman Bud year ago, and my aunt established one of the first set anti. Robo calling task forces and so we were interested at the time in political related robocalls. We were interested in those calls that are made that ended up defrauding, he will and scamming people. So we already had the technology in place. So we knew where these calls were coming from and that allowed us to work with authorities in the state of California and thanks to my good friend. Attorney General Sarah in California who assisted us in this investigation but we have compelling evidence that these individuals committed these crimes and we're quite clear and confident about who the perpetrators of these crimes were. They just obviously never thought that we would actually end up investigate and actually charge but you know voter suppression is a very serious matter as Thomas Paine so So famously stated many years ago I voting is the right upon which all other rights are dependent. So if you deprive somebody of their ability to vote you deprive him of everything else in. Life and you know this has gone on for far too long. I think many people are tired of their scams. This isn't the first time that we've investigated these guys. As you noted, there was a an incident involving judge that involved the state of Michigan, an individual who lived in the state of Michigan. So it's not the person. I've seen their names. On a piece of paper in my office. And we're tired of them coming into our state and stirring up this kind of trouble by using false and misleading statements and trying to threaten or intimidate voters.
Frank Beckmann
Michigan announces $600 million Flint water crisis settlement
"Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announces that the state has agreed on a $600 million settlement in lawsuits over the Flint water crisis. The settlement would be given to those who claim they were damaged by the city of plants transition. Of its public water supply to the Flint River. Nestle says the majority of the money would go to settle claims filed on behalf of Children. The settlement was reached after 18 months of negotiations.
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President Trump to visit Ford plant in Ypsilanti today
"Today president trump heads to a Ford plant near Detroit that is making a ventilators during the pandemic a Ford has been requiring visitors to wear face masks Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says the president has a legal and moral responsibility to do so if nothing over the last several years of president trump in the White House is that he doesn't have the same level of legal accountability as everybody else and ahead of the visit the president's also threatened to withhold federal funds from Michigan and the vada for sending absentee ballot applications through the mail he's said that mail in balloting is open to fraud though he's used it himself Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer hopes the president will use his visit to sign an emergency declaration after a century old dam breach that sending a flood waters into the town of Midland ten thousand people were evacuated and it is truly a testament to the people of the area but also the first responders that flooding is now threatening to douse
Hugh Hewitt
University of Michigan won't change investigation into abuse
"From the town hall dot com newsroom there will not be an investigation into how the university of Michigan handled sexual assault complaints against a league sports doctor without the school's full cooperation that's the word from Attorney General Dana Nessel who says her office has learned from problems with the investigation of Michigan State University with the Larry Nassar Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal in Ann Arbor Dr Robert Anderson allegedly sexually assaulted student athletes and others from the late nineteen sixties into the early two thousands at least ten students in Eastern Michigan University are now self quarantine after coming back from a trip to Italy WXYZ TV reports two of the students were tested for corona virus after showing symptoms but the tests were negative Michigan's Democrats are casting their support for presidential hopefuls and so far Joe Biden is the favorite governor Gretchen Whitmer and congresswoman Elissa Slotkin Haley Stevens and Brenda Lawrence are all endorsing the former vice president Michigan's presidential primary is Tuesday we have the traffic and weather four
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Charges dropped against 8 involved in Flint water crisis
"From the Flint, Michigan water crisis are being dropped, but Michigan public radio, Shane of Roth reports that the state's new administration says its investigation of the crisis is being expanded the pending cases against eight state and Flint officials will be dismissed that includes cases against former chief medical executive, Dr Eden, wells an extra rector of the department of health and human services, Nick Lyon line was charged with involuntary manslaughter, but the charges could be refiled sin. New attorney general Dana Nessel took office. She's handed the investigation over to a special Flint, water prosecution team that team says it has concerns about the investigative approach and legal theories used by the prior administration. So they say they're executing new search warrants and reviewing millions of documents. In a statement attorney general Dana Nessel said she agreed with the move and quote Justice. Delayed is not always Justice denied for NPR news. I'm Shane a Roth in Lansing, Michigan. Own stock markets in Asia
Guy Gordon
Charges dropped against 8 people in Flint water scandal
"Prosecutors say they're dismissing all the charges against eight people in the Flint water scandal. They say they will start the whole investigation over the eight people include the former health director, Nick Lyon, he was accused of failing to inform the public about an outbreak of legionnaires disease. When Flint was using improperly treated water from the Flint, river back in twenty fourteen and fifteen the outbreak occurred at the same time that the city's water system was contaminated with lead. The office says the charges are dropped without prejudice, which means they can bring these charges, again, in the future attorney general Dana Nessel, saying in a statement that the people of a responsible for the Flint water disaster will be held
Paul W. Smith
Enbridge seeks court ruling on Great Lakes oil pipeline deal
"Person Enbridge has gone to court after talks broke down on line five, the oil pipeline that runs under the straits of mackinac and bridges asking Michigan court to rule on an agreement reached with former governor Snyder to build an oil pipeline beneath the channel linking lakes Huron. Michigan inside of a tunnel. Enbridge says the deal was passed legally, Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel has said the law enacted in December onto the tunnel agreement. Violates the state constitution, and she is declared that she will stop the new line