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Murder case fuels McDonald-Savit feud, lawsuit in attorney general's race
George Hunter The Detroit News Feb. 27, 2026, 11:01 p.m. ET Lansing — In a case of dueling Democratic prosecutors who want to be Michigan's next attorney general, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald's lawyer claims Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit's camp masterminded a smear campaign that used a 2023 Detroit News story to accuse McDonald of letting campaign donations influence her decisions in a murder case. McDonald filed a defamation lawsuit Feb. 4 in Ingham Coun

George Hunter
Feb 2813 min read
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