Matt DePerno

From school vouchers to election tampering to Twitter scandal, we broke down the week's biggest political news with three reporters.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a council of local prosecutors to take the unusual step of naming an outside counsel to look into allegations of election tampering and illegally seizing voting machines. The reason: One of the targets of the inquiry is her likely November election opponent, Matthew DePerno.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has been investigating allegations that some Republicans seized voting machines for improper use in 2020 — a plot to support The Big Lie. She says Matthew DePerno — who's set to be her opponent as she runs for reelection this fall — was involved in the alleged conspiracy.

The Michigan Republican party held its nominating convention this past weekend. Technical problems during voting and intraparty disputes helped draw the normally pro forma event out for hours. Today on the pod, we’ll get into what happened — and we’ll talk about what the party split means for Republicans this election year.