Michigan AG hits Republican ex-speaker's staff with embezzlement charges

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges against Ann and Robert Minard, who served as staff fof former Republican Speaker Lee Chatfield.

The charges include conspiracy, criminal enterprise, embezzlement, filing false tax returns and more, Nessel said in a speech Thursday.

"Michigan residents deserve more," she said. "They deserve better than what this flawed system has allowed. As my team works on these investigations we are also meeting with the legislative work groups that have been formed to analyze and improve Michigan's campaign finance laws. And at the conclusion of these investigations, I will also be hearing very specific legislative recommendations that place additional sunshine on political fundraising and spending, and to make it more difficult for bad actors to engage in these kinds of activities."

She went on to say that the charges are not the conclusion of this specific investigation or any other public integrity investigations still moving forward in the A.G.'s office.