michigan judge tuesday dismiss charge former state representative rule another lawmaker stand trial try hide extramarital affair accord prosecutor office spokeswoman ingham county district judge hugh clarke rule former state representative todd courser stand trial perjury one count misconduct attempt cover-up affair fellow lawmaker cindy gamrat say andrea bitely spokeswoman michigan attorney general office prosecutors originally charge courser three count misconduct office perjury judge dismiss two misconduct charge clarke also dismiss two criminal misconduct-in-office charge gamrat due insufficient evidence knowingly lie house investigators email courser send distract affair bitely say prosecutors appeal dismiss charge gamrat review options regard charge courser send trial bitely say attorney courser matthew deperno maintain client guilty say believe enough evidence support perjury misconduct charge courser due back court late june lawyer gamrat mike nichols say charge client stem house investigation arise political dispute former legislators face charge misconduct relate courser fail attempt cover affair devise plan distribute email falsely claim sex male prostitute move mean blunt political impact actual affair ever reveal accord detroit news two former lawmakers also charge misconduct allow employees forge signature propose legislation ex-michigan lawmaker stand trial charge dismiss another