The recounts show what we all knew: Michigan’s elections were fair, and the vote counts accurate.

Michigan has a major supporting role in the January 6 final report – with evidence that could put some state Republicans in jail as it details efforts by Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s Michigan victory.

And two of the top-tier Biden successors, according to the buzz machine, are Michiganders: Gretchen Whitmer and Pete Buttigieg. One of them is reported quietly building a campaign infrastructure if Biden decides not to run.

Also in this week's cornucopia of politics and/or political crime news:

• Final Report of the January 6th Committee

• Michigan Trump electors invoked 5th Amendment more than 100 times

• Michigan recount: Big expense, very few changed votes, results show | Bridge Michigan

• Partial hand recounts of two ballot proposals validate election results

• Michigan election board certifies recounts upholding proposal win

• In strategy session, Michigan Republicans say donors abandoned them

• What Trump told Shirkey, Chatfield to try to get Michigan election overturned

• Buttigieg 2024 - Punchbowl News

• The Democrats Have a Deeper Bench Than You Think - The Bulwark

• How Democrats could use their big Michigan win to set up the 2024 race - POLITICO

• New Statewide Poll: Inflation Concerns Persist, Voters Optimistic About Democracy - Detroit Regional Chamber

• Insider: Voters in poll see gun laws as priority for Michigan Legislature

• How Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Democrats plan to cut Michigan taxes in 2023 | Bridge Michigan

• Michigan Democrats eye other abortion law changes as Prop 3 set to take effect | Bridge Michigan

• Read the summary of the Jan. 6 committee report - The Washington Post

• Trump is accused of using copyrighted images in his NFT collection | The Independent

• Chatfield scandal helped boost reform effort, but Senate failed us

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