A lawyer accused of illegally accessing voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington.
Stephanie Lambert was arrested by US marshals after a hearing on possible sanctions against him for releasing classified emails from Dominion Voting Systems, the target of conspiracy theories against the former president. Donald Trump2020 election loss. Lambert obtained the Dominion emails on behalf of Patrick Byrne prominent financier of election conspiracy theorists Sued for defamation by Dominion.
Lambert was arrested on “domestic charges,” the marshal’s office said in a statement. Earlier this month, a Michigan judge granted a bench warrant for Lambert after he skipped a hearing in his case on four felony counts of breaking into voting machines while seeking evidence of a conspiracy theory against Trump. Lambert previously unsuccessfully sued to overturn Trump’s loss in Michigan.
Earlier Monday, Lambert admitted to passing on the notes Dominion Voting Systems “To law enforcement agencies”. He later attached an affidavit containing some of the leaked emails and signed by him Narrow leafA county sheriff in northern Michigan investigated false claims From the 2020 election to his claim in Michigan, widespread election fraud. The rest of the documents were posted to an account in Leaf’s name on X, the social platform officially known as Twitter.
Leaf did not respond to requests for comment. Lambert’s attorney, Daniel Hartman, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Byrne wrote in one text that he didn’t know if Lambert had been arrested, “but if he was, I respect him more and he might increase his rate on me.”
Lambert argued that the Dominion documents obtained under discovery were evidence of “crimes” and should be disclosed.
Byrne wrote in X that Lambert “signed an NDA, but he found evidence of an ongoing crime and reported it to law enforcement. If he found a severed head in the find box, he should have informed the law enforcement agencies.”
On Friday, Dominion filed a motion seeking to have Lambert removed from the Byrne case for violating the protective order that U.S. District Court Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya placed on documents in the case. It was reported that Lambert’s statement led to a new round of threats against the company, which has been at the center of conspiracy theories about Trump’s loss.
“These actions must shock the conscience,” Dominion wrote in its motion seeking to disqualify Lambert. “They reflect a complete disregard for the decisions of this Court, to say nothing of the safety of Dominion employees.”
During Monday’s hearing, Upadhyaya said he has scheduled another hearing to determine whether sanctions against Lambert or his dismissal are appropriate.
Dominion has filed several defamation lawsuits who spread conspiracy theories Blames Trump’s 2020 loss on his own campaign equipment. Fox News decided Last year, $787 million was the most notable of these cases.
Dominion’s lawsuit against Byrne is one of several the company has filed against prominent election deniers, including the founder of MyPillow. Mike Lindell and attorney Sidney Powell.