AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone

Former Congressman Thaddeus McCotter, R-Livonia, makes his way to the the stand Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012 at the 16th District Court in Livonia , Mich. during a preliminary examination of Paul Seewald and Don Yowchuang. Seewald and Yowchuang are charged with conspiracy and other crimes in submitting phony petitions to qualify McCotter for the August Republican primary. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone)

October 23, 2012