LANSING, Mich. — Efforts to recall a state lawmaker facing federal charges of trading votes for campaign money are underway.
The petition drive to recall representative Larry Inman, a Republican from Williamsburg near Traverse City, was approved in August.
He was indicted by a grand jury in may on three charges; alleged extortion, accepting bribes, and lying to the FBI.
Organizers have to collect 12-thousand signatures in 60 days to force that recall.
Inman returned to the House in early September after being charged with trading votes for campaign money.
Inman was back on the house floor Tuesday, Sept. 3, only days after his colleagues formally voted to call for his resignation.
He said he recently completed 11 weeks of treatment for an addiction to painkillers stemming from having five surgeries over a two-year period, and now "My brain is clear."
Inman said he did "Nothing wrong" and legislators should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
He can no longer get into his Lansing office, and his staff now reports to the House Business Office.
He also has been barred from sitting on committees or participating in Republican caucus meetings.
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