Heather Lombardini pleads guilty to misdemeanor in Unlock Michigan fundraising scandal

By: Ben Solis

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 359

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Heather Lombardini, the former head of Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, or MCFR, and the co-founder of Bright Spark Strategies consulting firm, pleaded guilty last week to using a computer to commit a crime, a misdemeanor.

Lombardini was set to face trial this week on charges of forgery and uttering and publishing as a result of a probe into the Unlock Michigan ballot proposal, which sought to repeal the state’s gubernatorial emergency powers law in …

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