Michigan House Sues Secretary of State Over Subpoenaed Election-Worker Training Materials

The Epoch Times ^ | 6/5/2025 | Steven Kovac

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Office of Legal Counsel for the Michigan House of Representatives filed a lawsuit on June 4 against Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, over her refusal to turn over subpoenaed election materials to the House Oversight Committee.

The lawsuit, filed in the Michigan Court of Claims, requests a declaratory judgment from the court that the Michigan House has issued a valid subpoena and that Benson must comply with it. The lawsuit also requests an injunction prohibiting Benson or the Michigan Department of State from modifying any relevant records.

The House Legal Counsel filed the verified complaint for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief under the authority of House Resolution 117, which states that the “House Office of Legal Counsel is directed to take steps necessary and proper to ensuring compliance with the House’s subpoenas, including the initiation of legal action.”

The filing also requests immediate and expedited consideration by the Court of Claims, the judicial body that resolves all disputes where the state or its agencies are the defendant.

State Department Responds

Michigan Department of State spokesperson Cheri Hardmon said in a June 5 statement that the department is withholding the information because it could be used to compromise election integrity.

“Since the beginning of this saga, Secretary Benson has asked lawmakers to let a court review their request for sensitive election information that, in the wrong hands, would compromise the security of our election machines, ballots, and officials,” Hardmon wrote,” Hardmon wrote.

“The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee is demanding information that could be used to interrupt the chain of custody of ballots, tamper with election equipment, or impersonate a clerk on Election Day.

This latest action follows multiple state court rulings since 2020 that found Benson’s guidance violated state and federal election law.

[quantim]

Benson also knows how the 2020 election was stolen for Xiden in 2020 in Michigan...like when a massive ballot drop was dropped downtown Detroit in the middle of the night and the criminals were still boarding the building up in daylight. I went to bed knowing that Trump had won again, and by morning the tabulation had mysteriously changed.

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[Ex-Con777]

“The Republican chair of the House Oversight Committee is demanding information that could be used to interrupt the chain of custody of ballots, tamper with election equipment, or impersonate a clerk on Election Day.“

They are asking for the TRAINING materials given to election workers. If the Secretary of State is so worried that the information could be used in this way, why was it okay to be given out to thousands of people who volunteered to be election workers?

This is a tacit admission that there is no election integrity.

EC

[equaviator]

There’s enough probable cause to move on these crooks...like never before.