Rulings Handed Down Against Disgraced Former Lawmakers

Lansing District Judge Hugh Clarke Jr. has made a ruling regarding two shamed former Michigan lawmakers.

He says there is not enough probable cause for tea party conservative Cindy Gamrat to face felony misconduct in office charges.

However, Republican former Representative Todd Courser will go to trial on two of four counts.

Courser resigned while Gamrat became the fourth lawmaker in state history to be expelled.

Attorney General Bill Schuette has accused them of lying and having staff members forge signatures on legislative documents.