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The Lincoln Project

77: There Must be Accountability with Attorney General Dana Nessel

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🗓️ 1 November 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to discuss the upcoming testimony she’ll be presenting at the Sidney Powell disciplinary hearing before the Texas Bar Association, the uncomfortably large number of GOP attorneys general who signed off on bogus claims regarding the 2020 election, and the letter written to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton earlier this month questioning the legitimacy of legalized same-sex marriage in the United States. 

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Lincoln Project.

0:09.4

I'm your host, Ray Gala.

0:11.8

Today, I'm joined by Michigan Attorney General,

0:14.5

Dan and Nestle, who's been in office since 2019.

0:17.4

In 2014, General Nestle successfully argued for the plaintiffs in DeBoer vs. Snyder,

0:22.7

which declared that Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage was on Constitution.

0:26.3

The case was eventually combined with others and appealed to the Supreme Court as Obrick

0:29.8

Fell vs. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage across the United States.

0:34.2

In 2016, she founded Fair Michigan, a non-profit organization that works to prosecute hate crimes

0:39.1

against the LGBTQ community.

0:41.3

General Nestle, thanks for joining me today.

0:43.4

Thanks for having me.

0:44.5

So today, we're going to be talking about how many Republican attorneys

0:47.7

general signed off on bogus claims since the 2020 election, as well as a letter written

0:52.5

to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxson earlier this month questioning the legitimacy of same-sex

0:57.5

marriage in the United States.

0:59.4

But first, you'll be presenting testimony at Sydney Powell's disciplinary hearing before

1:03.6

the Texas Bar Association in a few days.

1:06.0

So let's get into that.

1:07.0

So remember that back in February of this year, you, along with Governor Gretchen Whitmer

1:12.4

and Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson there in Michigan, filed a complaint regarding

1:15.9

Texas attorney Sydney Powell, aka the Kraken, and her wild claims of post-2020 elections

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