The former speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives, a Republican, was charged Tuesday in a criminal case stemming from allegations that he stole money from a nonprofit and spent it on an extravagant lifestyle.
Lee Chatfield faces 13 charges in the 54B District Court in East Lansing, the state’s attorney general announced, including conducting a criminal enterprise, various embezzlement counts, and a violation of the state’s charitable trust law.
The 35-year-old former speaker, who served in the position in 2019 and 2020, “used various different schemes to embezzle, steal, and convert both private and public monies to fund a ...
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