Does anyone more familiar with electoral law know what the chances of this objection actually fully killing the recount are?
I am not familiar but a brief bit of research suggests that: The petition must allege that the candidate is “aggrieved on account of fraud or mistake in the canvass of the votes by the inspectors of election or the returns.” Mich. Comp. Laws 168.879(1)(b). "The petition shall contain specific allegations of wrongdoing only if evidence of that wrongdoing is available to the petitioner. If evidence of wrongdoing is not available, the petitioner is only required to allege fraud or a mistake in the petition without further specification." I did not find Stein's petition but if making a bald allegation without specific evidence is enough (as it seems to be from a plain language interpretation of the law), that is a very low bar to hurdle. Trump is arguing that Stein is not "aggrieved" since she did not receive many votes. Full objection here. But I do not seem to see anything that suggests one has to be a "near winner" to be "aggrieved" enough to file a petition for recount. So who knows. The Michigan AG is a party to the objection so who also knows how that would effect things.
Yes, the dickhole Bill Schuette, who spent millions of MI taxpayer dollars to defend the anti-gay marriage law all the way to the Supreme Court, even though everyone knew how that was going to end up. The governor tacitly supported him since they're both GOP, but I think actually kind of hates him. AG has been de facto running for governor since the day Snyder was reelected. He's one of the leading turds in the otherwise nice punchbowl that is Michigan.The Michigan AG is a party to the objection so who also knows how that would effect things.