Round and round it goes. The names change. The machine keeps ticking.
Mike Duggan. Abdul El-Sayed. Eli Savit. Jocelyn Benson. Dana Nessel.
Charlie follows the connections through Detroit and Wayne County politics — from appointments and political relationships to taxpayer money, lobbying and the old Make Your Date controversy.
That controversy wasn’t imaginary: Detroit’s inspector general found the Make Your Date program received preferential treatment, while concluding it did not amount to an abuse of power. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office later conducted an extensive criminal investigation and filed no charges.
So what does it all add up to?
Welcome to the machine. Pull the lever. Watch who comes out.
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