Lansing— A Democraticstate lawmaker was removed from her House committee assignments Wednesday for what Republican leadership maintained was disrespectful behavior on the committee, but what the lawmaker believed to be retaliation.
State Rep. Penelope Tsernoglou, D-East Lansing, said she was informed Wednesday afternoon of her removal from the House Oversight Committee and one of its subcommittees. The removal came a day after Tsernoglou held a press conference to renew calls for a House Oversight probe of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's ties to the Interlochen Center for the Arts in northern Michigan.
