Anti-LGBTQ Ex-MI House Speaker Hit With 13 Felony Charges, Allegedly Embezzled Hundreds Of Thousands

April 17, 2024 Crime, Republicans

Michigan Live reports:

Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield is facing 13 felony charges for financial crimes after Attorney General Dana Nessel said Chatfield and his associates used hundreds of thousands of dollars he fundraised for extravagant personal purchases.

“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 Tuesday.

It included a $32,000 Bahamian vacation, luxury purchases, a family trip to Universal Studios in Florida, groceries and paying off a $132,000 credit card balance.

Read the full article. In 2022, Chatfield, whose father is a pastor, appeared here when he admitted to multiple adulterous affairs including with his future sister-in-law, who was allegedly 14 or 15 years old at the time.

During his tenure in the Michigan House, Chatfield loudly opposed all attempts to expand LGBTQ protections. He was removed from his first post-legislature job over his anti-LGBTQ past.

Chatfield appeared on JMG several times during 2020 for his attempts to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her pandemic-related powers.

In late November 2020, I reported that he and other Michigan GOP leaders had met with Trump at the White House to discuss overturning Biden’s win of the state.



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