FLINT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The campaign finance case against former Genesee County Clerk John Gleason will be moved to a court in neighboring Shiawassee County.

Gleason’s attorney confirmed that Genesee County judges disqualified themselves from hearing the case.

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Gleason is accused of misappropriating money donated to his legal defense fund and depositing those donations into his personal accounts instead.

He returned campaign fund checks to donors after he agreed to step down as clerk as part of an unrelated criminal case involving a marriage that he performed illegally.