Michigan Supreme Court Justice Charged With Fraud [View all]

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Source: Associated Press

By ED WHITE Associated Press
DETROIT January 20, 2013 (AP)

Federal prosecutors have filed a fraud charge against Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway, just a few days before she leaves the state's highest court in a scandal involving the sale of a Detroit-area home and suspicious steps taken to conceal property in Florida.

The charge was filed Friday as a criminal "information," which means it was negotiated and that a guilty plea is expected in federal court. Defense attorney Steve Fishman declined to comment Saturday.

Hathaway is resigning Monday, months after a series of questionable real estate transactions first were revealed by a Detroit TV station. Hathaway and her husband, Michael Kingsley, deeded a Florida home to a relative while trying to negotiate a short sale on a house they couldn't afford in Grosse Pointe Park.

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Republican Gov. Rick Snyder will choose Hathaway's successor and likely stretch the GOP's majority to 5-2.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/michigan-supreme-court-justice-charged-fraud-18259423

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Thanks to her...Michigan will now have a Supreme Court stacked 5-2 in favor of the repukes.

Forget trying to undo anything the lame-duck legislators rammed into law...

I hope she does some serious time if found guilty to reflect on her fucking 'greed'!