Michigan's top law enforcer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, has firmly turned down a plea from a trio of GOP state representatives itching for a criminal probe into the CEO of Dominion Voting Systems over his testimony regarding the 2020 elections. State Reps. Neil Friske, James DeSana, and Steve Carra were told their request didn't fly in light of a "thorough review of all relevant material," which showed no need for such an inquiry, as CBS News Detroit reported.

The reps had their sights set on Dominion's John Poulos, who had previously squared off with the Senate Oversight Committee back in December 2020. But AG Nessel, pinpointing the oversight committee's report which saw no trace of widespread or systematic ballot tampering, advised, "Based on a thorough review of all relevant material, it is clear a criminal investigation is not warranted, and I respectfully decline your request," a verdict detailed by the Michigan Department of Attorney General. Claims of election fraud in Antrim County, specifically, were branded as "indefensible" by the oversight committee.

The evidence offered by the requesting representatives was dismissed by Nessel as being selected pieces of a much larger puzzle, specifically, over 2,000 documents released by one Stefanie Lambert, who was criminally charged and had broken a protective order by making the documents public. The combative storyline of election misconduct has been met with multiple recounts in the Great Lakes State that solidified President Joe Biden's victory by approximately 150,000 votes.

Earlier calls for reexamining the 2020 election and Dominion Voting Systems had come from Michigan State Sen. Pat Colbeck and the Michigan House Freedom Caucus, who hurled accusations of perjury against Poulos. Despite these claims, AG Nessel continues to stand against the tide of demand for further probes, alluding to actions such as these requests as "misleading and irresponsible" as noted by the Senate Oversight Committee. The fights over the soul of a past election, it seems, are destined to keep on raging.