(LAPEER COUNTY) — A judge has dismissed charges against a former Michigan lawmaker while ordering another ex-legislator to stand trial after they were forced from office in a sex scandal. Lansing District Judge Hugh Clarke Jr. ruled Tuesday there’s not enough probable cause for tea party conservative Cindy Gamrat to face felony misconduct in office charges. But he said Republican former Representative Todd Courser of Lapeer County will go to trial on two of four counts. Clarke tossed two other charges against Courser. Gamrat became only the fourth legislator in state history to be expelled in September. Courser resigned. Michigan’s attorney general accused them of lying during the legislative probe and having staff forge their signatures on draft legislation. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Bill Schuette said his office is not planning to appeal the dismissal of criminal charges against Gamrat.
