Michigan GOP House Speaker investigated for election rigging
One-person grand jury named in Michigan fake candidate scandal
LANSING — Ingham County Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina has been named to conduct a one-person grand jury investigation into whether House Speaker Jase Bolger or state Rep. Roy Schmidt committed crimes in connection with their recruitment of a fake state House candidate in Grand Rapids, a court official said today…
An affidavit released under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act showed Det. Sgt. Robert Davis believed Schmidt and Bolger may have conspired to commit perjury in the recruitment of fake Democratic candidate Matt Mojzak.
Mojzak, a 22-year-old acquaintance of Schmidt’s son Ryan, did not live in Schmidt’s Grand Rapids district but filed an affidavit of candidacy that falsely stated he was a qualified voter there, records show…
Matt Frendewey, a spokesman for the Michigan Republican Party, denounced the decision to open a new investigation…
‘It’s shameful that the Democratic Party, which refuses to vote for a balanced budget or common sense job creating reforms, focuses all of its efforts and resources toward a political witch-hunt rather than addressing the real concerns facing Michigan’s middle class families.’