MI Dems seek House investigation of GOP lawmaker linked to 2020 election probe

BY: JON KING - AUGUST 31, 2022 12:04 PM



Michigan House Democrats on Tuesday released a letter from House Minority Leader Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Twp.) to House Speaker Jason Wentworth (R-Farwell) urging him to authorize an investigation of state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City).

Rendon was one of nine individuals, including Republican Attorney General nominee Matt DePerno, who were referred for investigation under an attorney general request for a special prosecutor into whether they took part in a conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to, and then tamper with, election equipment and data after the 2020 election that former President Donald Trump lost to President Joe Biden.

In the letter, Lasinski said that Rendon had used her position as an elected official to convince municipal clerks in her district to hand over election equipment as part of an illegal investigation of voting equipment they were not authorized to access.

“It is alleged that Rep. Rendon told the Roscommon County Clerk, Michelle Stevenson, that ‘representatives’ were doing an investigation into election fraud and needed her voting machine,” stated Lasinksi. “This constitutes a gross misrepresentation of her activities and the Legislature’s involvement with the illegal investigation Rep. Rendon allegedly aided with these calls to her constituents. Without elaboration or specification of who these ‘representatives’ were, the statement is clearly meant to indicate the investigation was being conducted by members of the Michigan House of Representatives.”

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Michigan Advance article