DOJ Demands Michigan Ballots, Election Tussle Intensifies

0:00The U.S. Department of Justice just demanded all ballots from Wayne County and Michigan for the 2024 election. This comes weeks after similar requests for 2020 records from Georgia and Arizona. Wayne County, home to Detroit, saw nearly 865,000 votes cast last time around. The letter from the Civil Rights Division had points to pass fraud concerns, like three fake votes from 2020 that got prosecuted. It's tied to ongoing gripes about that election, even as eyes turned to this fall's midterms that could flip Congress. Michigan's Democratic leaders fire back hard. Attorney General Dana Nestle called a weaponizing the Justice Department to mess with state voting. She says her office will fight to protect voters' rights. The demand gives 14 days to hand over records, or the feds might go to court. Nestle argues the old cases are rare, resolved, and the ballots are spread across 43 local clerks, not just one office. Meanwhile, those earlier pushes worked in Georgia and Arizona,

1:01with the FBI grabbing files after warrants and subpoenas. Michigan's holding firm for now, keeping this election tussle in the spotlight as deadlines loom. That's your update from Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story.