Sister-In-Law Says Michigan Ex-Speaker Assaulted Her

“Former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) manipulated and sexually assaulted the teenage girlfriend of his younger brother when she was a student at the Christian academy where he taught, the woman said she has told police,” Bridge Michigan reports.

Zachary Gorchow breaks down the scandal: “First, he had sexual contact with his sister-in-law – yes, his sister-in-law – for years while married.”

“Second, Mr. Chatfield’s prolific fundraising and spending of that money is about to get rare scrutiny for a politician’s funds. In my nearly 20 years of covering Michigan government and politics, I have not seen any legislator who could raise money like he did, hauling in so much money that he created four PACs just so he could provide quadruple the maximum contribution to candidates he could with one PAC.”

“Third, while hypocrisy runs rampant in politics, Mr. Chatfield has taken that trait to a new extreme.”