Michigan

Attorney Sanctions Used to Deter election Integrity Litigation in Michigan (MI)

Attorney Sanctions, Disputed Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Disputed Fact In King v. Whitmer, Judge Linda V. Parker sanctioned all nine pro-Trump attorneys — including Sidney Powell and L. Lin Wood — ordering $175,250 in fee-shifting, twelve hours of mandatory legal education on pleading standards and election law, and referrals to their home bars for possible suspension or disbarment. Parker described the suit

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Judicial Tenure Commission refusal to take disciplinary actions (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact In a June 30, 2025 response to complaint filed with the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission against sitting MI Supreme Court Justice Kyra H Bolden, the commission asserted that it had completed an investigation of the judicial misconduct complaint and determined that no disciplinary action was required against Bolden for accepting and $82,500 contribution

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Michigan Supreme Court refusal to call for investigation into bribery charges of MI SoS and one of the MI Supreme Court Justices (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Featured, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact An appeal of the AGC ruling in favor of MI SoS Benson was filed with the MI Supreme Court. On May 22, 2025, the MI Supreme Court responded “On order of the Court, the complaint for superintending control is considered, and relief is DENIED, because the Court is not persuaded that it should

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Attorney Grievance Commission refusal to investigate bribery charge (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact A complaint was filed with the MI Attorney Grievance Commission against attorney and sitting MI SoS Jocelyn Benson related to assertions of bribery. In its January 28, 2025 response to the complaint, the AGC asserted that Plaintiff’s allegations—specifically, that a political action committee (PAC) donation from Benson to Justice Kyra Harris Bolden’s campaign

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Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal Without Admission of TCF Center Internet Connectivity Evidence

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – Evidence was excluded and witnesses not permitted] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence

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Costantino v. Detroit, No. 20-014780-AW (Wayne Co. Cir. Ct.) – Dismissal – Court Basis for Dismissal Disputed (MI)

Case Dismissal, Disputed Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Disputed Fact [Disputed Fact – As to court’s factual conclusion] A Michigan circuit court dismissed election challenges related to Detroit ballot-counting procedures at the TCF Center – including systemic exclusion of Republican poll challengers – without permitting the factual record to be developed through discovery. Judge Timothy Kenny specifically declined to admit evidence from certified

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King v. Whitmer, No. 20-13134 (E.D. Mich.) – Dismissed on Five Compounded Procedural Grounds; “Speculation and Conjecture” Language Absent Discovery (MI)

Case Dismissal, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact A federal lawsuit seeking to decertify Michigan’s election based on widespread fraud allegations and Dominion machine vulnerabilities was dismissed on five simultaneous procedural grounds: Eleventh Amendment immunity, laches, lack of standing, mootness, and abstention doctrines. The judge additionally characterized the claims as based on “nothing but speculation and conjecture” – language subsequently cited

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MI SoS Jocelyn Benson Bribed MI Supreme Court Justice with Michigan Legacy PAC – $82,500 Contribution From Defendant Benson’s Political Apparatus to Justice Kyra Harris Bolden’s Campaign During Pendency of O’Halloran v. Benson (MI)

Bribery, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, Reasonable Inference, United States /

Reasonable Inference [Reasonable Inference – As to the constitutional impropriety under Caperton] Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s political fundraising entity, “Michigan Legacy PAC,” made a $82,500 contribution to the campaign of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden in April 2024. At the time the contribution was made, Secretary Benson was an active defendant

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Michigan Legacy PAC – $82,500 Contribution From Defendant Benson’s Political Apparatus to Justice Kyra Harris Bolden’s Campaign During Pendency of O’Halloran v. Benson (MI)

Bribery, Established Fact, Judicial Malfeasance, Michigan, United States /

Established Fact [Established Fact – As to the $82,500 contribution, the pending litigation, the August 2024 ruling, and the filing of grievances] Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s political fundraising entity, “Michigan Legacy PAC,” made a $82,500 contribution to the campaign of Michigan Supreme Court Justice Kyra Harris Bolden in April 2024. At the time

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Mass Deletion of ~500,000 Voter History Records from QVF (MI)

Disputed Fact, Election Record Integrity, Michigan, Record Destruction, United States /

Disputed Fact Analysis of the Michigan Qualified Voter File (QVF) reveals that approximately 500,000 voting history records were deleted from the statewide voter registration database as of January 1, 2021. Deletion of a voter record from “voted” to “did not vote” eliminates key evidence of ballot-to-voter matching essential to any audit. The official number of

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