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Posts Misleadingly Link Town Clerk’s Case to 2020 Presidential Election

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A Michigan town clerk pleaded no contest in 2023 to a charge of misconduct in office. Social media posts misleadingly highlight her case to push the false narrative that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.” The clerk’s case was related to her local primary race, not the presidential election.


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Kathy Funk, who was up for reelection as a in Michigan, in 2020, took a plea deal in a accusing her

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