Lansing — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and about a dozen staffers from Michigan's economic development agency participated in a 2022 event involving donors to a private nonprofit organization that raises money from large businesses and uses it to finance state leaders' international travel.

The invitation for the reception to honor the Michigan Economic Development Foundation featured Michigan's Great Seal — an emblem that is legally required to be used for only official state functions — and text that said, in part, "Governor Gretchen Whitmer requests the pleasure of your company."

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