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Associated Press MICHIGAN GOV. GRETCHEN Whitmer talks about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a news conference Monday outside the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center, which was hosting a vaccination clinic, in Ypsilanti. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP) LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that she used a private plane shared by high-powered, politically connected Detroit-area business families to visit her elderly father in Florida in March. Whitmer has repeatedly refused to give details about the trip, including ...

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's latest scandal has drawn comparisons to other politicians who were indicted for similar circumstances.

PVS Chemicals CEO Jim Nicholson, Ambassador Bridge owner Matthew Moroun and Meridian Health founder David Cotton. We now know which businessmen Gov. Gretchen Whitmer may owe a favor after borrowing their jointly-owned private jet to visit her ailing father in Florida during a Covid surge in March. The plane, according to the Detroit News, is co-owned by several prominent political donors: The Nicholson family of PVS Chemicals, the Moroun family of the trucking company Central Transport and the Cotton family, which formerly ran Meridian Health, are among those who use the Gulfstream G280 f...

By DAVID EGGERTMay 7, 2021 GMT File-This April 12, 2021, file photo shows Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talking about the statewide COVID-19 vaccination effort during a press conference, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Whitmer is facing renewed scrutiny after reports that she used a private plane shared by high-powered, politically connected Detroit-area business families to visit her elderly father in Florida in March. (Lon Horwedel/Detroit News via AP, File)/Detroit News via AP) File-This April 12, 2021, file photo shows Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talking about the statewide COVID-19 vacci...

Prominent business families own jet reportedly linked to Whitmer Florida trip Michigan Governor's Office Gov. Gretchen Whitmer won't divulge details of an out-of-state trip she took to visit her ailing father. The private jet reportedly linked to a much-criticized trip Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took to Florida in March is owned by well-known names in metro Detroit business. Neither the governor nor the jet's operator are answering questions about whether Whitmer used the plane co-owned by the Nicholson, Cotton and Moroun families in mid-March to visit her father in Florida. Since revelat...