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   From: leroysoetoro@americans-first.com   
      
   https://enjoyer.com/the-democrat-treasurer-allegedly-ripped-off-an-old-la   
   dy-the-media-ignored-the-scandal/   
      
   Whitmer and Nessel knew their pal Traci Kornak was accused of   
   embezzlement, and the AG made it go away   
      
   Allegan County — This is a story so bizarre and so grotesque that   
   Netflix would never make it into a movie because it is so unbelievable.   
      
   It is a story of neglect and abuse of a nursing home resident that   
   reaches to the highest levels of power, politics, and the press.   
      
   Traci Kornak, the former treasurer of the Michigan Democratic Party, was   
   hauled into probate court this week, suspected of embezzling from her   
   ward, a brain-damaged elderly woman.   
      
   I caught Kornak feasting on the woman’s finances nearly four years ago   
   and have written many stories about it since. I’ve made TV appearances.   
   I even lost my newspaper job over it.   
      
   After my first story was published, Attorney General Dana Nessel, a   
   close friend of Kornak, opened a superficial investigation that was no   
   investigation at all.   
      
   Her detectives made a few cursory phone calls before Nessel prodded them   
   into shutting down the criminal case. Just like that.   
      
   And Kornak, it is alleged, continued to suck the old woman dry.   
      
   At least that is what a special fiduciary attorney, Morgan Maul,   
   believes.   
      
   Using phrases like “significant discrepancies” and “missing assets” and   
   “concerns about charges,” Maul asked Jolene Clearwater, the chief   
   probate judge of Allegan County, for a six-month extension of his   
   investigation into Kornak’s decade-long conservatorship over the woman’s   
   finances.   
      
   The old woman died last April, and now the judge wants to know what   
   happened to her money. Her condominium? Her insurance settlement from   
   the car accident? Her trust? Her estate plan? Who made debit card   
   purchases on the day of her death?   
      
   Not only did Clearwater agree to Maul’s request, she also ruled that   
   Kornak—a slip-and-fall attorney by trade—must pay for Maul’s time.   
      
   Kornak, for her part, said nothing in defense of herself.   
      
   What began as a story about a simple insurance scam perpetrated by   
   Kornak in the name of the old woman has morphed into a scandal   
   implicating Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and threatening the impeachment of   
   Dana Nessel.   
      
   Kornak was a suspected embezzler, and Whitmer and Nessel knew about the   
   allegations. Nevertheless, they allowed her to continue in her political   
   position as treasurer of the state Democratic Party.   
      
   In fact, Whitmer was planning to appoint Kornak to a judgeship as soon   
   as the criminal investigation went away.   
      
   But Kornak was never given a judicial robe, because I would not let the   
   story die. After Nessel complained about a column I published in the   
   Detroit News chronicling her unethical interference in the Kornak   
   investigation, I replied to her on social media with the phrase “See You   
   Next Tuesday”—a euphemism for female genitalia.   
      
   My pearl-clutching colleagues at the News feigned outrage, tarred me as   
   a misogynist, and I was forced to resign. Professional jealousy is an   
   ugly thing.   
      
   Not another word was written in the paper about the scandal, and I   
   canceled my subscription. But I kept publishing. First online, and now   
   with Michigan Enjoyer.   
      
   And so here we are. Tuesday has arrived.   
      
   The Kent County Sheriff’s Office has completed its own two-year   
   investigation into Kornak’s stewardship of the old woman’s financial   
   affairs. Among its recommendations are charges of felony embezzlement,   
   which carries a 20-year prison term. That report now sits on the desk of   
   Chris Becker, the Kent County prosecutor, who is considering charges.   
      
   Most nauseating about this whole affair—beyond the alleged abuse of an   
   elder who could not fend for herself —is that those in power knew all   
   along. I called them. I shouted questions at them. I mocked them online,   
   in print, and on TV.   
      
   Who are THEY? THEY are those who were in a position to protect the old   
   woman. The governor. The attorney general. The Democratic Party brass.   
   The Attorney Grievance Commission. The Probate Court. The Media.   
      
   THEY only proved themselves to be what THEY accused me of   
   being—misogynists, abusers of women.   
      
   Worse, THEY proved themselves to be cowards.   
      
   There is a light in this dark story. Enjoyer has learned that the FBI   
   has begun making inquiries into the sordid affair.   
      
   If justice can prevail, then things might be better for the next old   
   lady.   
      
   Charlie LeDuff is a reporter educated in public schools. Follow him on X   
   @Charlieleduff.   
      
      
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