LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Democrats are asking Republican House Speaker Jason Wentworth to authorize an investigation into whether a GOP lawmaker "misused" government resources as part of an alleged "conspiracy" to obtain voting machines in the battleground state.
On Tuesday, a group of House Democrats revealed a letter to Wentworth that argued a probe into the actions of state Rep. Daire Rendon, a Lake City Republican, "must begin urgently." Allegations against Rendon demonstrated “a betrayal of public trust," said state Rep. Brenda Carter, a Pontiac Democrat.
"We need an investigation now, no matter how much the Republican majority doesn’t want to draw attention to these alleged crimes," Carter said. "The people deserve to know the degree to which their government was implicated in this conspiracy."
