Lee Chatfield

Lee Roberson Chatfield (born May 25, 1988) is an American former politician and a Republican former member of the Michigan House of Representatives.

In April 2024 he was charged with thirteen felony counts of embezzlement, larceny and conspiracy involving spending private foundation and state money for personal use while he was Speaker of the Michigan House.

During Chatfield's tenure as speaker of the House, Michigan had divided government, with both chambers of the legislature controlled by Republicans, but with a Democratic governor (Gretchen Whitmer).

[4] As speaker, Chatfield presided over the passage of a bipartisan auto insurance bill that allowed motorists to choose their level of personal injury protection coverage.

[8][6][9] Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Chatfield and his wife with financial crimes in April 2024, alleging they milked political accounts for personal travel, housing and other benefits.

[4][15] Paul Mitchell, the U.S. representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district, said that the purpose of the meeting may have been to discuss the appointment of pro-Trump electors to the U.S.

[16] Despite pressure from Trump, Chatfield ultimately declined to support passage of a Michigan Legislation to pass a resolution purporting to retroactively change Michigan's slate of electors for Trump, saying that such a move "would bring mutually assured destruction for every future election in regards to the Electoral College" and "we would lose our country forever.

[19] Following the backlash from his hiring, Southwest Michigan First and Chatfield stated that they would support expanding the state's civil rights act (the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act) to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a stance that the Southwest Michigan First board had voted in 2017 to support.

Lee Chatfield preaches a sermon.