LIVE DOWNTOWN DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 11 STARTS NOW. THE FBI IS ON THE MOVE IN MICHIGAN,
SERVING FEDERAL SUBPOENAS TO
THOSE WHO SIGNED ON AS FALSE
ELECTORS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT
DONALD TRUMP. THE FAKE ELECTOR
PLAN WAS ATTEMPTED IN MULTIPLE
STATES WHERE THE FORMER
PRESIDENT LOST. THE PLAN WAS TO
REPLACE THE RIGHTFUL ELECTORS.
BUT OF COURSE, THAT PLAN FAILED
HERE IN MICHIGAN. THE FALLOUT
GOES ON TONIGHT. MARA MACDONALD
LIVE DOWNTOWN. YOU TALKED WITH
ONE OF THOSE WHO SIGNED HER NAME
TO THE FAKE ELECTOR LETTER,
MARA. DE’VEON AND HERE’S THE
THING. SHE SAYS THAT SHE THOUGHT
SHE WAS SIGNING AN ATTENDANCE
SHEET, NOT SIGNING UP TO BE A
FALSE SELECTOR. I DIDN’T EVEN
KNOW WHEN ELECTOR WAS LET ALONE
A FAKE COLLECTOR. I SIGNED A
PIECE OF PAPER. I KNOW IT WAS
BLANK. SO WHAT DID MICHELLE
LUNDGREN THINK IT WAS SHE WAS
SIGNING AFTER SHOWING UP TO A
GOP MEETING IN LANSING AND
HAVING TAKEN COFFEE. I SIGNED
NOTHING. BUT WHAT APPEARED TO BE
LIKE I SAID, A SIGN IN SHEET. IT
WAS AFTER THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY
SAID THEY PROBABLY STAPLED IT.
TWO OFFICIAL DOCS THE FBI SHOWED
UP AT LUNDGREN’S HOME YESTERDAY
SHE WELCOMED THE AGENTS IN AND
ANSWERED EVERYTHING THEY ASKED.
SHE’S BEEN SUBPOENAED TO APPEAR
IN WASHINGTON, DC, EITHER IN
PERSON OR VIRTUALLY ON JULY 8TH
. AND WHILE IT’S LIKELY THAT ALL
16 OF THOSE FAKE ELECTORS HAVE
BEEN SUBPOENAED, ALL THAT WE
REACHED OUT TO HAVE NOT RETURNED
CALLS, EXCEPT LUNDGREN. FORMER
MICHIGAN GOP STATE PARTY CHAIR
LAURA COX AND HER DEPOSITION FOR
THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE
TESTIFIED THERE WAS A PLOT TO
HAVE THESE FAKE ELECTORS HIDE IN
THE CAPITAL OVERNIGHT SO THEY
COULD CAST THEIR VOTES FOR TRUMP
THE FOLLOWING DAY. HER REACTION
TO THAT SCHEME I TOLD HIM NO
UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THAT WAS
INSANE. AND INAPPROPRIATE. BACK
HERE LIVE THAT SCHEME TO STAY
OVERNIGHT IN THE CAPITAL NEVER
MATERIALIZED. WHAT DID HAPPEN?
THE STEAK ELECTORS DID TRY AND
GAIN ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL, BUT
THEY WERE REBUFFED BY THE
MICHIGAN STATE POLICE. NOW
LUNDGREN, FOR HER PART, SAYS SHE
IS GOING TO COMPLY WITH THAT
FEDERAL GRAND JURY SUBPOENA AND
THAT AGENTS SPENT ABOUT TWO
HOURS AT HER HOME TODAY. TALKING
TO HER GOING THROUGH HER
COMPUTER AND HER PHONE. WE’RE
LIVE DOWNTOWN TONIGHT. I’M MARA
MACDONALD. LOCAL 4 GOES FOR HER
AND MANY OTHERS. ALL RIGHT, MARA
WELL, MEANWHILE, IN WASHINGTON
WE’RE HEARING FROM THE THREE
TRUMP APPOINTED JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS DETAILING
HOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT WANTED
TO USE THE DEPARTMENT TO
OVERTURN THE 2020 ELECTION. THE
AIM OF THE JANUARY 6TH COMMITTEE
TODAY WAS SIMPLE BRING IN FORMER
TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS TO DESCRIBE HOW DAY
AFTER DAY, FORMER PRESIDENT
TRUMP ASKED THE DOJ TO KEEP HIM
IN POWER AND INVESTIGATE
BASELESS ALLEGATIONS OF VOTER
FRAUD. THESE ALLEGATIONS SIMPLY
HAD NO MERIT. RICHARD DONAHUE
WAS A FORMER ACTING DEPUTY
ATTORNEY GENERAL IN THE DAYS
BEFORE AND AFTER THE ATTACK ON
THE CAPITAL. OH JEFF ROSEN,
TRUMP’S FORMER ACTING ATTORNEY
GENERAL, SAID THE PRESIDENT
ASKED HIM TO USE THE
DEPARTMENT’S POWER TO SEIZE
VOTING MACHINES FROM KEY
BATTLEGROUND STATES ALL TO THROW
THE ELECTION RESULTS INTO
QUESTION. MR ROSE AND THE
PRESIDENT ASKED YOU TO SEIZE
VOTING MACHINES FROM STATE
GOVERNMENTS. WHAT WAS YOUR
RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST? THAT
WE HAD. WE HAD SEEN NOTHING
IMPROPER WITH REGARD TO THE
VOTING MACHINES THAT FORMER TOP
OFFICIALS SAID NONE OF THEM GAVE
INTO TRUMP’S DEMANDS, WHICH WAS
ESSENTIALLY TO OVERTURN THE
ELECTION. YOU ALSO NOTED THAT MR
ROSEN SAID TO MR TRUMP QUOTE DOJ
CAN’T AND WON’T SNAP ITS FINGERS
AND CHANGE THE OUTCOME OF THE
ELECTION. HOW DID THE PRESIDENT
RESPOND TO THAT, SIR? HE
RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY AND SAID
, ESSENTIALLY, THAT’S NOT WHAT
I’M ASKING YOU TO DO. WHAT I’M
JUST ASKING YOU TO DO IS JUST
SAY IT WAS CORRUPT AND LEAVE THE
REST TO ME AND THE REPUBLICAN
CONGRESSMAN. AND TODAY’S HEARING
TAKING PLACE EVEN AS A COMMITTEE
GATHERS NEW INFORMATION
REQUESTING FOOTAGE AND DEPOSING
A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER WHO HAD
BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES
AT THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE. THE
NEXT HEARING IS SET FOR MID
JULY. A FIRE TEARS THROUGH AN
AUBURN HILLS TOWNHOUSE,
DESTROYING SIX UNITS. THE
FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN THOSE TOWN
HOUSES LOSING EVERYTHING.
JASON COLTHORPE IS THERE TONIGHT
WITH AN UP CLOSE LOOK AT THE
DAMAGE. GUYS LET ME JUST GIVE
YOU A LOOK AT JUST HOW INTENSE
THIS FIRE WAS RIGHT NOW, BY THE
WAY, YOU CAN SEE RESTORATION
CREWS WORKING TO PUT PLYWOOD UP
ON THE WINDOWS ON THE DOORS OF
THESE UNITS THEY’VE BEEN PUTTING
PADLOCKS ON SOME OF THE OTHER
DOORS TO MAKE SURE NO ONE GETS
IN HERE AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS VEHICLE HERE. THIS WAS
CLOSE TO WHERE THE FIRE WAS MOST
INTENSE. JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH
THAT HAS BEEN MELTED THOSE TAIL
LIGHTS AND IF YOU SEE THE LAWN
HERE, YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW
HOTNESS WAS AND HOW MUCH THIS
BURNED THE FIRE BROKE OUT ABOUT
3 40 THIS AFTERNOON AT A CORNER
UNIT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE TOWN
HOUSES IN AUBURN HILLS BALANCE
SCENE. THEY FOUND OUT PRETTY
HEAVY FIRE LOAD. WITH A FIRE,
WORKING THROUGH THE ROOF AND
WORKING A LINK TO THE ATTIC. SO
IT ELEVATED TO A SECOND ALARM
AND WE BROUGHT IN MUTUALLY
DEPARTMENTS. FIRE QUICKLY
STARTED SPREADING ALONG THE ROOF
OF THE SIXTH CONNECTED TOWN
HOMES. OUR AFTER WE WERE ON
SEASON BROUGHT THE FIRE UNDER
CONTROL. I WENT AROUND BACK AND
I STARTED PRAYING. YEAH I
STARTED PRAYING. I SAID, PUT
THIS PUT THIS FIRE OUT. QUANELL
EDWARDS AND HIS WIFE AND THEIR
FIVE KIDS LIVE IN THE UNIT ON
THE OPPOSITE END FROM WHERE THE
FIRE STARTED. HE WAS ABOUT TO
WAKE UP TO GO TO WORK. INSTEAD
HE WOKE TO HIS WIFE TELLING HIM
TO GET OUT CAME OUTSIDE, AND, UH
, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE COMPLEX
BUILDING WAS PRETTY MUCH
ENGULFED IN FLAMES, WATCHING THE
FIRE MOVED CLOSER AND CLOSER TO
HIS HOME WAS EXCRUCIATING UNTIL
IT FINALLY DESTROYED MOST OF HIS
SECOND FLOOR. NINE YEAR OLD HE
WAS HE WAS CRYING SO BAD. IT WAS
KIND OF HURT HARD TO SEE. YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT, YOU
KNOW WE WERE GOING TO BE CAUGHT
IN IT AND HE DIDN’T WANT TO LOSE
US. HE DIDN’T WANT TO SEPARATE
FROM US, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW,
THAT’S HOW CHILDREN ARE. THEY
HAVE INSURANCE AND A PLACE TO
STAY. BUT THEY, LIKE THE OTHER
FIVE FAMILIES HAVE LOST JUST
ABOUT EVERYTHING IN HERE. I’M
NOT WORRIED. I JUST I JUST THANK
GOD THAT EVERYBODY’S SAFE AND
JUST GOT TO MOVE ON FROM HERE.
THE EDWARDS BY THE WAY, THEY
LIVE ON THE FAR END OF THIS
BUILDING. HIS NINE YEAR OLD, HE
SAID IT JUST CELEBRATED A
BIRTHDAY HAD A BUNCH OF TOYS,
AND AS THEY WERE ALL RUSHING
OUT, HE GRABBED A FEW OF THOSE
AND RAN OUT, HE SAID. JUST BLESS
HIS HEART. BUT AGAIN, EVERYBODY
OKAY. THEY DON’T HAVE A CAUSE
YET, BUT THE WOMAN WHO LIVED IN
THIS UNIT WHERE IT’S BELIEVED TO
HAVE STARTED IS ONLY SUFFERS
FROM DEMENTIA, AND THEY BELIEVE
THAT MAY HAVE HAD SOMETHING TO
DO WITH IT. WE’RE IN AUBURN
HILLS JASON COLTHORPE LOCAL 4.
THAT’S HEARTBREAKING TO ALRIGHT.
JASON TRIAL FOR THE OXFORD HIGH
SCHOOL SHOOTING DEFENDANT HAS
BEEN PUSHED BACK SEVERAL MONTHS
DURING A VIRTUAL HEARING TODAY,
ATTORNEYS FOR ETHAN CRUMBLEY
ASKED FOR A DELAY BECAUSE OF THE
LARGE AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE TO SORT
THROUGH. PROSECUTORS AGREED, AND
THE TRIAL HAS BEEN PUSHED FROM
SEPTEMBER TO JANUARY OF 2023.
THE JUDGE ALSO ORDERED THAT
CRUMBLY WILL BE WILL CONTINUE TO
BE HELD IN THE OAKLAND COUNTY
JAIL. A STRETCH OF I 6 96 IN
FARMINGTON HILLS BACK OPEN
TONIGHT AFTER A DEADLY CRASH.
THAT HAPPENED THIS MORNING WAS
IN THE WESTBOUND LANES THERE.
THE 2 75 INTERCHANGE, STATE
POLICE SAY 57 YEAR OLD SEMI
TRUCK DRIVER REAR ENDED A BUICK
LACROSSE THAT STARTED THIS CHAIN
REACTION THAT INVOLVED AT LEAST
THREE VEHICLES. 72 YEAR OLD MAN
, A 69 YEAR OLD WOMAN THEY WERE
INSIDE THE BUICK. AND THEY WERE
KILLED INSTANTLY TO OTHER
DRIVERS HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL, THOUGH, WITH NON LIFE
THREATENING INJURIES. A RALLY
HELD IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT LATE
THIS AFTERNOON TO SHOW SUPPORT
FOR A VERY FAMILIAR NAME TO RED
WINGS FANS. VLADIMIR CONSTANTINE
OFF RALLY FOR VLADY COMES AS THE
WINGS LEGEND AND HIS FAMILY IS
FIGHTING MICHIGAN’S AUTO
INSURANCE REFORM LAW, WHICH IS
REDUCED SERVICES TO PEOPLE
LIVING WITH CATASTROPHIC
INJURIES. AMONG THOSE IN
ATTENDANCE. FORMER STANLEY CUP
WINNING TEAMMATE DARREN
MCCARTHY. I’M HERE FOR MY BUDDY
VLAD IAN FOR HIS FRIENDS AND FOR
EVERYBODY ELSE AFFECTED AT THE
END OF EVERY DATA POINT IS A
HUMAN LIFE AND WE’RE LITERALLY
TALKING ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH
HERE. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE HERE EXEMPLIFY THE
FACT THAT PEOPLE CARE THERE IS A
LAWSUIT CHALLENGING WHETHER THE
LAW HAD WAS UNCONSTITUTIONALLY
APPLIED TO DRIVERS INJURED IN A
CATASTROPHIC CRASH PRIOR TO THE
LAW TAKING EFFECT AND APPELLATE
COURT HEARD THE CASE EARLIER
THIS MONTH WITH A RULING TO COME
IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. LATE
NIGHT, THE NATION’S CAPITAL,
WITH THE SENATE, PASSING THE
BIPARTISAN GUN SAFETY BILL
WITHIN THE PAST HOUR WITH
SEVERAL REPUBLICANS JOINED
DEMOCRATS TO SUPPORT THE MEASURE
. THE DEAL ENHANCES BACKGROUND
CHECKS, ADDRESSES THE SO CALLED
BOYFRIEND LOOPHOLE AND PROVIDES
GRANTS TO STATES TO IMPLEMENT
RED FLAG LAWS OR CRISIS
PREVENTION PROGRAMS. THE HOUSE
EXPECTED TO APPROVE THE BILL
TOMORROW, WHICH WOULD MEAN IT
WOULD HEAD TO THE PRESIDENT’S
DESK. ONCE SIGNED, IT WOULD
BECOME THE MOST SIGNIFICANT