Matt DePerno

Stateside regular Craig Mauger joined to talk about the race for chair of the Michigan Republican Party

Matthew DePerno, the Trump-backed nominee for state attorney general, is being investigated for an alleged plot to seize and tamper with voting machines.

The former president also took time to praise January 6 rioters, criticize the FBI raid on his Florida home and slam President Joe Biden's handling of the economy.

This week's news has been filled with court challenges in reproductive rights and one Republican Attorney General nominee under fire for alleged election tampering. Zoe Clark returns to the host chair for a panel with three journalists discussing these two developments in Michigan politics.

On this episode of Stateside, Michigan Radio's Zoe Clark hosts a trio of journalists who've been following the 2022 election. The roundtable discusses the political implications of reproductive rights most likely being on the ballot. They also dig into the Michigan's GOP lackluster fundraising and how Attorney General candidate Matt Paterno is now under investigation for exceeding the authority of a court order.

From school vouchers to election tampering to Twitter scandal, we broke down the week's biggest political news with three reporters.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has asked a council of local prosecutors to take the unusual step of naming an outside counsel to look into allegations of election tampering and illegally seizing voting machines. The reason: One of the targets of the inquiry is her likely November election opponent, Matthew DePerno.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has been investigating allegations that some Republicans seized voting machines for improper use in 2020 — a plot to support The Big Lie. She says Matthew DePerno — who's set to be her opponent as she runs for reelection this fall — was involved in the alleged conspiracy.

The Michigan Republican party held its nominating convention this past weekend. Technical problems during voting and intraparty disputes helped draw the normally pro forma event out for hours. Today on the pod, we’ll get into what happened — and we’ll talk about what the party split means for Republicans this election year.