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Detroit Free Press, Bridge seek court hearing to open Lee Chatfield records to public
(Detroit Free Press) The Detroit Free Press and Bridge Michigan want a judge to limit how long Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel can shield records from the public in the criminal investigation of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, according to a motion filed Wednesday by lawyers representing the two news outlets.
Such a decision could pave the way for the eventual release of records that a separate court has already ordered be made public.
The motion asks Ingham County Circuit Judge Wanda Stokes to amend an earlier order that indefinitely blocked the news outlets from accessing search warrants and affidavits pertaining to the Chatfield investigation. The news organizations asked Stokes to give Nessel’s office a deadline to formally appeal a lower court judge’s decision to release the records, and make the records public if state lawyers miss that deadline. .............(more)
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/01/free-press-bridge-lee-chatfield-records/69691541007/