MICHIGAN SENATE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE

An attorney hired to lead a 2020 election lawsuit in Antrim County announced his run for Michigan attorney general.

The report, released Wednesday morning, came after the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee had spent months reviewing the 2020 presidential election in Michigan​.

Oversight Chairman Ed McBroom said he had requested documents from the Department of Health and Human Services on March 2 but hadn't received any.

A package of bills aimed at subjecting the Michigan Legislature and governor to more public scrutiny is one step closer to seeing the light of day in the Senate. The Michigan Senate Oversight Committee moved Tuesday to advance the bills to the Senate floor for further review. Gretchen Whitmer has previously expressed support for expanding public records laws but stopped short of voluntarily subjecting her own office to FOIA when rolling out an executive directive to update the process for state agencies. She said in 2019 she’d prefer the legislative package get passed “so this isn’t just a policy for the Whitmer administration” and has a wider reach. House bills:- House Bill 4383- House Bill 4384- House Bill 4385- House Bill 4386- House Bill 4387- House Bill 4388- House Bill 4389- House Bill 4390- House Bill 4391- House Bill 4392Senate bills:- Senate Bill 232- Senate Bill 233- Senate Bill 234- Senate Bill 235- Senate Bill 236- Senate Bill 237- Senate Bill 238- Senate Bill 239- Senate Bill 240- Senate Bill 241Related coverage:Whitmer campaigned on transparency, but Michigan still lags the nationMichigan House unanimously votes to include governor, legislature in open records lawsOpen records expansion poised to advance in Senate committee as group tees up ballot initiativeSecretary of State announces ‘worst to first’ agenda to improve Michigan’s transparency laws

A similar package in the House cleared committee last week and is scheduled for its second reading on the floor Wednesday. The Michigan House voted through similar legislation unanimously last session, and Moss and McBroom have been working on the issue together since they served in the House. Gretchen Whitmer has previously expressed support for expanding public records laws, but stopped short of voluntarily subjecting her own office to FOIA when rolling out an executive directive to update the process for state agencies. She said in 2019 she’d prefer the legislative package get passed “so this isn’t just a policy for the Whitmer administration” and has a wider reach. House bills:- House Bill 4383- House Bill 4384- House Bill 4385- House Bill 4386- House Bill 4387- House Bill 4388- House Bill 4389- House Bill 4390- House Bill 4391- House Bill 4392Senate bills:- Senate Bill 232- Senate Bill 233- Senate Bill 234- Senate Bill 235- Senate Bill 236- Senate Bill 237- Senate Bill 238- Senate Bill 239- Senate Bill 240- Senate Bill 241Progress Michigan proposed ballot language:Read more on MLive:Whitmer curbs use of controversial separation agreements in executive directiveWhitmer said separation agreements like Robert Gordon’s are ‘used often.’ In state government, they’re not.

As the dust settles on one of the most contentious elections in U.S. history, the Michigan Senate Oversight Committee is resuming its probe into the state’s elections system. At 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Senate Oversight Committee took testimony from Election Systems & Software, an Omaha, Neb.-based voting machine equipment company that’s used by seven Michigan counties. Tuesday’s hearing was the latest step in what started as a bicameral inquiry into the state’s election system in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A Dec. 1 Senate hearing featured seven hours of testimony from disaffected Republicans claiming fraud. Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, is the lone Democrat on the Senate Oversight Committee.

LANSING, Mich. – President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, will appear before the Michigan House Oversight Committee Wednesday evening. He will discuss the allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 General Election. As of Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, no judge has seen any evidence on which to rule. The Michigan Legislature has two committees listening to claims about election irregularities. A Michigan Senate hearing, where those who identified themselves as GOD poll watchers made claims about the vote-counting process at the TCF Center, lasted seven hours.

LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House Oversight Committee will be hearing from Rudy Giuliani Wednesday evening on allegations of election fraud in Michigan. Giuliani has made a series of allegations about the 2020 election that have not been backed by evidence or data. The legislature has two committees listening to claims about election irregularities. The Michigan House committee will hold a similar hearing Wednesday. Streaming video of Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing can be seen here.