Michigan Election Hacking Alleged Amid Charges of Extortion

Michigan Election Hacking Alleged Amid Charges of Extortion
A man walks to use a voting booth March 1, 2016, at one of the Virginia primary election polling stations at Colin Powell Elementary School, in Centreville, Va. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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A former campaign staffer for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel being sued for extortion by a third party has claimed that an “underworld network” of Ukrainian computer hackers engaged in mischief during the 2018 election intended to benefit Nessel, according to a federal lawsuit brought by the worker’s former corporate client.

Michigan Republican Party chairman Laura Cox said federal prosecutors should immediately begin a criminal investigation “of these extremely serious allegations of fraud and corruption,” according to The Detroit News.