After learning that a Holland woman who defied state lockdown orders by keeping her restaurant open might go on Fox News to tell her story, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said in a March 12, 2021, email to her staff:
“Do we know her whereabouts? We should just have her picked up before she goes on. This is outrageous.”
Restaurant owner Marlena Hackney was arrested by the Michigan State Police seven days later, on March 19.
Nessel sent the email after learning from staffers that Hackney would be interviewed by Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
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