On Monday, two Muslim members of an all-Muslim Hamtramck City Council were charged with several felonies related to voter fraud in the 2023 primary election.
The following charges stem from the 2023 election:
Councilmember Mohammed Hassan, 57, faces three felony charges:
Count 1: Forging a signature on an absentee ballot application
Count 2: Election law forgery
Count 3: False statement on an absentee ballot application
Councilmember Muhtasin Sadman, 26, who is in his first term, faces the following charges:
Count 1: Forging a signature on an absentee ballot application
Count 2: Election law forgery
Count 3: Unqualified elector attempting to vote
Count 4: Unqualified elector attempting to vote
Count 5: False statement in an application for an absentee ballot
Several of the charges carry a maximum of five years in prison.
Curiously, Michigan’s Democrat AG Dana Nessel has decided to bow out of the investigation into voter fraud by two Muslim Hamtramck City Council members related to the 2023 election, and turned it over to the Monroe County Prosecutor. Arab American News claims that AG Nessel recused herself to avoid what she described as accusations of bias against Muslims.
On July 25, Dana Nessel told local reporter Tim Skubik that she’s “not ruling out the possibility” of running for governor of Michigan or for US Senate in 2026.