7 of the worst political scandals in Michigan history

 

Things are hopping in Lansing, as the details of an affair between state Reps. Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat continue to unfold. With a faux-smear campaign/cover-up claiming Courser hired male prostitutes, orchestrated by Courser himself to “inoculate the herd” against the truth of his affair with Gamrat, a series of purported blackmail texts from “the Lansing Mafia” and ongoing administrative (and possibly criminal) investigations, it’s the most excitement the Capitol has seen in a dog’s age.

But Courser and Gamrat should take comfort: Theirs isn’t the only scandal in Michigan political history — and it surely won’t be the last.

READ MORE at Detroit Free Press: Before Courser and Gamrat, Michigan was lousy with political scandal.

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