LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The general election is two months from today, and while Attorney General Dana Nessel has stated she won’t debate her “white supremacist” GOP opponent Matt DePerno, she is asking a third party to investigate him.

Last month, Nessel’s office asked the Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council to consider charges against nine people, including DePerno. Nessel’s office cited a potential conflict of interest if she investigated the case directly because of the upcoming election.

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Special prosecutor D.J. Hilson, the prosecuting attorney in Muskegon County, will handle the case.

In the past, DePerno has called Nessel’s claims “political.”