Michigan Republicans are seeking accountability for what they consider gross mismanagement and corruption under Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s administration, taking advantage of their new majority in the state House of Representatives.
On Wednesday, Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall gave the Republican-controlled oversight committee broad subpoena power to investigate alleged corruption and incompetence in a state that until recently was ruled by a Democratic trifecta of Whitmer and her state legislative majority.
Republicans contend that the subpoena power will bring a new level of transparency in the only state where the governor is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
Democrats were quick to fire back upon learning of the new House rules, with Michigan state Democratic Party Chairwoman Lavora Barnes accusing Hall of a “lengthy record of weaponizing…
