QUESTIONABLE CHOICES

It’s a bizarre rumor we’re passing along, although in today’s political environment, who knows? United States attorneys are officials of the Justice Department – there are 94 of them, and the lead U.S. attorney is a political appointment who serves as the U.S government’s’ chief federal criminal prosecutor in their judicial district and represents the U.S. federal government in civil litigation. The key word: attorney. Rumors are flying both in and out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan (the eastern half of Michigan, tip to bottom), that former attorney general candidate Matt DePerno, former secretary of state candidate and deposed Michigan GOP chair Kristina Karamo and former co-GOP chair Meshawn Maddock are all Republicans under consideration to run the office. There’s just one hiccup: neither Karamo nor Maddock are attorneys, and DePerno’s law license has been under review by the Attorney Disciplinary Board of Michigan, and some with information of the board’s proceedings say he may not still have his law license in the near future. Many Republicans (and some Democrats) have been hoping that former U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider, who held the post during Trump’s first term in office, would be reappointed, but word is that Schneider, now a partner a the Honigman law firm focusing on crisis management, investigations and high-profile, high-stakes litigation, is enjoying himself much more in private practice.