The chief general counsel for the Michigan Economic Development Corp. tried to conceal evidence as investigators executed search warrants on the organization earlier this month, two agents of the Attorney General's office alleged in signed affidavits. The agents' sworn statements said that veteran MEDC attorney Linda Asciutto "directly intended to prevent investigators from accessing evidence" when employees of Attorney General Dana Nessel raided the MEDC office in downtown Lansing on June 18. The records, along with a transcript of the conversation that occurred during the search, revealed Asciutto said Matthew Payok, an assistant attorney general working on the case, "and the AG's office will pay for this" and that it would be "the last time I cooperate with the AG on a thing." The raid was part of an ongoing probe into a $20 million grant awarded to the nonprofit of Fay Beydoun, a prominent Oakland County businesswoman and Democratic donor. Additionally, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's ...