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Rep. Inman let back into Republican caucus during end of lame duck

Conner Desilets
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Interlochen Public Radio

In a flurry of action at the end of the Legislative Session in Lansing Monday, State Rep. Larry Inman (R-Williamsburg) was let back into the Republican caucus in the Michigan House of Representatives.In 2019 Inman was removed from the caucus, stripped of his committee assignments, and lost his office access and staff in the Capitol after a federal indictment. A subsequent trial found him not guilty of one corruption charge, while a jury couldn’t agree on two others. That ended in a mistrial.

 

Rep. Inman has always insisted he’s innocent, and in a statement asked the Federal Court Judge overseeing his case to dismiss the remaining charges. 

“I am encouraged that I believe the Speaker and (Republican) caucus now understand what I have gone through over the past 2 years,” the lawmaker wrote.

Earlier this year Federal Prosecutorssaid they wanted to take Inman back to court by the end of his term, but the case was tabled during the COVID-19 pandemic. The judge has yet to make a final decision on whether Inman will stand trial over the remaining two charges.

Inman’s seat, for Grand Traverse County’s 104th State House District, will be filled by Republican John Roth in January.

 

Max came to IPR in 2017 as an environmental intern. In 2018, he returned to the station as a reporter and quickly took on leadership roles as Interim News Director and eventually Assignment Editor. Before joining IPR, Max worked as a news director and reporter at Michigan State University's student radio station WDBM. In 2018, he reported on a Title IX dispute with MSU in his story "Prompt, Thorough and Impartial." His work has also been heard on Michigan Radio, WDBM and WKAR in East Lansing and NPR.