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Stateside Podcast: Lee Chatfield charged with embezzlement

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A political legal drama is unfolding in Michigan. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed more than a dozen charges against former state House Speaker Lee Chatfield, alleging that he used a non-profit to amass kickbacks and to use a slush fund for personal expenses.

This Stateside podcast episode covered the fraught history of Lee Chatfield’s political career and how it led to this moment.

GUEST ON THIS EPISODE:

  • Craig Mauger, state politics reporter for The Detroit News

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Rachel Ishikawa joined Michigan Public in 2020 as a podcast producer. She produced Kids These Days, a limited-run series that launched in the summer of 2020.