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I am just shocked that these tremendously moral people are liars and hypocrites…

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s (D) office has charged former state representative Lee Chatfield (R) — who was speaker of the Michigan House of Representatives in 2019 and 2020 — with 13 felonies after a lengthy investigation.

Local news site MLive reported that Chatfield and his wife, Stephanie, have both been charged with embezzlement, conducting a criminal enterprise and various other financial crimes. Nessel said the charges were filed as the result of a years-long investigation that began in 2021.

“Our investigation has uncovered evidence that Lee Chatfield used various different schemes to embezzle, steal and convert both private and public monies to fund a lavish lifestyle that a state salary could not possibly afford,” Nessel said during a press conference.

Nessel’s office uncovered the alleged crimes while probing both Chatfield’s campaign accounts as well as a nonprofit “dark money” organization called the Peninsula Fund. Both Chatfield and his wife allegedly used Peninsula’s account to pay for opulent vacations and excursions, including a $32,000 trip to the Bahamas, a family vacation to Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida and purchases of luxury items.

I mean, if you are going to support Donald Trump, you might as well learn from the master.

Speaking of learning from the master:

Nessel’s investigation into Chatfield began after his sister-in-law accused him of repeated sexual assaults for roughly a decade, though Chatfield denied those allegations and described it as a consensual affair. Nessel credited her for being the catalyst of the investigation, but said the investigation into those allegations had been closed, saying “we cannot reach the appropriate proofs required as it relates to the allegations of sexual assault.”

And yeah, the dude in the mask with Trump in that picture is Chatfield.