Nessel 'very confident' Michigan will prevail in fight to shut down Enbridge Line 5
Attorney General Dana Nessel fully expects a favorable outcome from the state’s lawsuit against Canadian oil company Enbridge, she told reporters in a year-end roundtable on Tuesday, which she is ‘optimistic’ will mean that the controversial Line 5 pipeline under the Mackinac Straits will be decommissioned by late spring.
Nessel also announced plans to pursue legal sanctions and other consequences against GOP-aligned lawyers who may have intentionally lied in their lawsuits to overturn Michigan’s election results.
She tipped off that the list will likely include Sidney Powell, a QAnon conspiracy theorist and former attorney for outgoing President Donald Trump, as well as official Trump campaign attorneys.
Line 5 case to ‘see some movement’ in 2021
Headed up by Nessel’s office, the state of Michigan’s legal battles against the powerful Canadian oil giant Enbridge have been ongoing since June 2019.
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