Michigan AG Dana Nessel expected to announce charges against former Michigan House speaker Lee Chatfield

Prosecutors plan to file charges of financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House, his lawyer said Tuesday. Attorney General Dana Nessel said she would speak to reporters in the state capital at 2 p.m. Lee Chatfield, a Republican who is no longer a state lawmaker, was House speaker in 2019 and 2020 when the GOP controlled the chamber. READ: Couple tied to former House Speaker Lee Chatfield charged with conducting criminal enterprise "We've learned that the charges are financial in nature," Chatfield's attorney, Mary Chartier, told The...