Rep. Angela Rigas (R-Caledonia), Chair of the Michigan House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of State Government, today responded Attorney General Dana Nessel for refusing to provide a complete breakdown of state funds spent on high-profile legal actions targeting the Trump Administration and political opponents.

In her March 10th letter, Rep. Rigas specifically asked for legal fees, staff time and salaries, travel, and all related costs broken down by case. Nessel’s April 9th response provided only travel, lunch, dinner and filing fees totaling roughly $19,000 while admitting her office does not track or allocate staff time or salaries to individual cases.

“Attorney General Nessel is once again dodging Oversight on her office,” said Rep. Rigas. “We didn’t ask for the bare minimum and filing fees. We asked for the real cost to Michigan taxpayers—the thousands of hours of state attorneys’ time spent on these lawsuits. She refused to provide it.”

Nessel also attacked the subcommittee, claiming the time spent responding to the request “likely exceeds the total expenses” and calling the oversight an ironic waste of resources.

“Asking for Transparency is now Waste, Fraud and Abuse?” Rigas said. “The Attorney General’s office spent more time complaining about our request than actually answering basic questions about how she is spending Michigan taxpayers’ money on politically weaponized cases.”

The subcommittee will continue its oversight to ensure full accountability for every taxpayer dollar. Rep. Rigas and her office can be reached at (517) 373-1403 or AngelaRigas@house.mi.gov.