Two battleground state allies of former President Donald Trump have been charged with multiple felonies involving voting machine tampering following the 2020 presidential election.
The defendants are Matt DePerno, former Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R).
DePerno won the 2022 GOP nomination to run in the general election against incumbent Dana Nessel (D). He won Donald Trump’s endorsement while remaining under investigation by a special prosecutor for possible tabulator tampering.
On the campaign trail, DePerno denied the allegations, claiming he was the victim of a political prosecution. Nessel ultimately won by more by 8.6%, with DePerno vowing to enforce Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban and outlaw the emergency contraceptive Plan B.
He faces four charges, including two counts of “undue possession of a voting machine.”
Rendon faces charges involving “undue possession of a voting machine” and “false pretenses.”
Both individuals were arraigned today and released on $5,000 bond.
The Detroit News has more:
Special prosecutor D.J. Hilson confirmed the charges in a statement Tuesday afternoon, saying his investigation into the handling of tabulators in Michigan was “ongoing and not over,” which could mean other individuals will be charged.
“The charging decision was the result of a thorough decision-making process by an independent citizens grand jury,” Hilson said. “This citizens grand jury carefully listened to the sworn testimony and analyzed the evidence as required by law and returned a decision to indict each of the defendants.”
DePerno and Rendon, two of the most vocal proponents in Michigan of false and unproven election fraud claims, were arraigned on Tuesday before Oakland County Circuit Court Chief Judge Jeffery Matis.
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The charges on Tuesday came after about 18 months of investigation in Michigan and meant prominent political figures who worked to push theories that widespread fraud caused Republican Donald Trump’s loss to Democrat Joe Biden will face criminal prosecution. Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, described the allegations as “incredibly serious” and “unprecedented” in a statement.
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How do you have undue procession of a voting machine. How does a individual get a hold of a voting machine. Was the voting machine used in voting or just an excess voting machine not used. Where was this machine while in procession of the accused, in their home, garage, where. This article is missing too many basic answers to who, what, where, when, why, results and how of a reporter’s report.
Does this mean that no one can question election results without being prosecuted? Or are only Republicans held to this standard?
Should read commies attack another adult.
It’s the Michigan democrat party 2 tier justice system
for taking care of their political opponents.
They were rigged for Dems to win in 2020, Goes Both ways
My guess is they were examining the machines to see if they could find evidence of tampering in the 2020 election. These people aren’t being arrested for voting machine tampering, they’re being investigated for investigating voting machine tampering.