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FILE - Attorney Sidney Powell speaks during a rally on Dec. 2, 2020, in Alpharetta, Ga. Powell and eight other lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump were ordered Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, to pay Detroit and Michigan $175,000 in sanctions for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

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Trump-allied lawyers fined $175K over election suit

by David Eggert Associated PressDecember 2, 2021

LANSING, Mich. — Nine lawyers allied with former President Donald Trump were ordered Thursday to pay Detroit and Michigan a total of $175,000 in sanctions for abusing the court system with a sham lawsuit challenging the 2020 election results.The…

FILE - This file photo provided by the Kent County Sheriff, shows Ty Garbin. Prosecutors preparing for the first prison sentence in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are loudly signaling to five other defendants that a key insider has shared extraordinary details about the operation. Garbin, one of six people charged in federal court, cooperated within weeks of being arrested and prosecutors want a U.S. District Judge to take it into consideration Wednesday,...

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Man gets 6 years in Mich. governor kidnap plot

by David Eggert Associated Press, and Ed White Associated PressAugust 25, 2021

Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Trump, speaks during a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters, Thursday in Washington.

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Flailing Trump, allies grasp for ways to deny Biden victory

by Colleen Long Associated Press, Zeke Miller Associated Press, Jill Colvin Associated Press, and David Eggert Associated PressNovember 19, 2020

FILE - In this March 5, 2020, file photo, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a news conference in Lansing, Mich. Nessel has charged seven people with plotting to target law enforcement and attack state Capitol building. The announcement comes after six others were charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at her vacation home in reaction to what they viewed as her "uncontrolled power," according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday ,...

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Plot to kidnap governor foiled

by David Eggert Associated Press, and Ed White Associated PressOctober 8, 2020

Members of United Auto Workers Local 1590 picket near the GM Martinsburg Parts Distribution Center in Martinsburg, W.Va.,, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, during the fourth day of a nationwide work stoppage involving about 49,000 union workers. (Matthew Umstead/The Herald-Mail via AP)

UAW strike puts Trump, GOP in political bind in key states

by David Eggert Associated Press, and Sara Burnett Associated PressSeptember 22, 2019

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is shown March 18 in Clawson, Mich.

Michigan moves to ban flavored e-cigarettes

by David Eggert Associated PressSeptember 5, 2019

FILE - In this July 29, 2015 file photo, former Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., speaks at an event marking the 50th Anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress in American history, has died. He was 92. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell says her husband died at his Dearborn home on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

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Former Rep. Dingell, US’s longest-serving lawmaker, dies

by Mike Householder Associated Press, and David Eggert Associated PressFebruary 8, 2019

FILE - In this July 24, 2018 file photo, Michigan State University Interim President John Engler speaks during a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on "Strengthening and Empowering U.S. Amateur Athletes," on Capitol Hill in Washington. Michigan State University's board has called a special meeting amid renewed criticism of Engler's handling of the fallout around disgraced ex-sports medicine doctor Larry Nassar. The school says "a personnel action" will be discussed Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. Engler told The Detroit News Editorial Board last Friday that women sexually assaulted by the now-imprisoned Nassar have been in the "spotlight" and are "still enjoying that moment at times, you know, the awards and recognition." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Michigan State President Engler says he’ll resign next week

by Corey Williams Associated Press, and David Eggert Associated PressJanuary 16, 2019

In this Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, photo, a warning label from Utopia Gardens, a medical marijuana dispensary, is shown in Detroit. Michigan and North Dakota, where voters previously authorized medical marijuana, will decide now if the drug should be legal for any adult 21 and older. They would become the 10th and 11th states to legalize so-called recreational marijuana since 2012. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Marijuana backers look for Midwest breakthrough in November

by David Eggert Associated PressOctober 9, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, Michigan Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette and his family greet supporters and announce he has won the primary. Schuette will face Democrat Gretchen Whitmer in the November election to be the next Michigan governor. Schuette is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, who narrowly won the state in 2016 but has declined in popularity since. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

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Many governor’s races become proxy fight over Trump

by David Eggert Associated Press, and Geoff Mulvihill Associated PressSeptember 24, 2018