Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel took to Twitter yesterday to condemn “harassing and threatening calls” from Trump supporters.

The battleground state of Michigan is one of a handful of states where President Donald Trump has made baseless claims of electoral fraud.

Some Trump supporters have spread a conspiracy theory that ballots marked with Sharpies given to Republican voters were not counted by election officials.

Ms Nessel said: “[My staff] are kind, hardworking public servants just doing their job. Asking them to shove sharpies in uncomfortable places is never appropriate and is a sad commentary on the state of our nation.”