LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – A watchdog group said it will file a complaint Monday with the Michigan Bar Association against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel for alleged conflict of interest violations.

The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) said the complaint is tied to “two egregious ethics breaches in an investigation by Oversight Committee Chair Jay DeBoyer.”

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The House Oversight Committee held hearings in December involving claims Nessel acted unethically when she intervened on behalf of political allies/friends in two cases.

The two cases.

Michigan News Source reported previously on the alleged ethics violations. In one case, Nessel was accused of intervening on behalf of Traci Kornak, a Grand Rapids-based attorney accused of taking financial advantage of a brain damaged elderly woman for which she was a court-appointed conservator. At the hearing, emails were disclosed that showed Nessel contacted her own staffers and said Kornak had contacted her regarding her case, and the AG’s investigation of Kornak was holding up a potential judicial appointment for Kornak in Kent County.

Another case involved a non-profit group Bipartisan Solutions accused of violating campaign finance laws when it raised money for a ballot initiative co-chaired by Alanna Maguire, Nessel’s spouse. An email from one of Nessel’s staff employees stated that Nessel reached out to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and asked her office to reconsider a criminal referral to the AG on Bipartisan Solutions. The email stated that Benson had agreed to do that.

“A recent investigation by the MI House of Representatives uncovered that AG Nessel potentially engaged in two instances of ethics violations involving her spouse and a close political confidant,” said Curtis Schube, director of research and policy at CASA.

Schube continued, “Due to these findings, we are asking the Michigan Bar to investigate Nessel’s actions and administer punishment if she is found to have violated the rules. The rules must be applied equally to all, no matter one’s position in government. Potentially intervening to stop prosecutions of family and friends is unacceptable behavior for an attorney, particularly one in this position, and needs to be closely examined,” Schube said.

The Attorney General’s office didn’t respond to an email seeking comment.