Allegations of #SexualAssault against fmr #Michigan House Speaker #LeeChatfield were enough to spur an investigation that ended in 13 charges for alleged #financial #crimes on Tues, but fell short of securing charges in the woman's own case.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/16/closure-of-lee-chatfield-sex-assault-investigation-crushing-rebekah-chatfield-lawyer-says/73345039007/

"Numerous charges during this timeframe were unquestionably personal & only personal," Nessel said of #Chatfield's credit card reimbursements through the Peninsula Fund.

#Republican #LeeChatfield faces a litany of 13 #criminal charges, ranging from embezzlement to conducting a criminal enterprise, for alleged misuse of money from Peninsula Fund, whose donors are kept secret under state & federal #law.

Update:

AG #DanaNessel revealed multiple #criminal charges against fmr #Michigan House Speaker #Republican #LeeChatfield in her office's investigation of #corruption in political spending..

Chatfield allegedly used political nonprofit funds for family trips including to the Bahamas.

Nessel said #Chatfield used private donations from the Peninsula Fund, a nonprofit #social #welfare org, to pay off $132k in charges to his personal credit card.

#law

#Michigan police began probing #LeeChatfield, a #Republican, around Jan 2022 after a complaint was filed by his sister-in-law, Rebekah Chatfield, who said she'd been #SexuallyAbused by Lee Chatfield beginning when she was 15.

The investigation into Rebekah Chatfield's claims has focused on the fmr lawmaker's use of millions in political contributions he collected while MI House speaker in 2019 & 2020. Chatfield maintained multiple *nonprofit* orgs that raised & spent money, largely in secret.