“Under state law, I think clearly you have forgery of a public record.”

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, regarding her reason for requesting federal prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into 16 Republicans who submitted false certificates stating they were the state’s presidential electors despite Joe Biden’s 154,000-vote victory in 2020. Nessel, a Democrat, disclosed Thursday that her office had been evaluating charges for nearly a year but decided to refer the matter to the U.S. attorney in western Michigan. (AP — Jan. 14, 2022)