Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Wednesday that a former township clerk and his attorney will face charges over allegations of voter data breaches related to Michigan’s 2020 election.
Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and her personal attorney, Stefanie Lambert, alleged that Nessel’s office “allowed an unauthorized computer auditor to access voter information, including non-public voter information, related to the 2020 General Election.” news release.
Scott faces six counts — five felonies and one misdemeanor — of concealing or possessing a voting machine and using a computer to commit a crime. Lambert faces three felony charges, including using a computer to commit a crime. It is not clear how they begged.
Scott, 52, and Lambert, 42, have floated conspiracy theories about the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan.
“Ensuring election security and integrity is a cornerstone of our democracy,” Nessel said.
“When elected officials and their proxies use their positions to promote baseless conspiracies, show a flagrant disregard for the privacy of constituents, and violate the law in the process, it undermines the very essence of the democratic process. their careless behavior should be answered according to their actions.
Lambert’s attorney, Daniel Hartman, he said in his statement He told The Associated Press that he had not broken the law and was “persistent in his efforts to bring transparency to the public’s election information, processes and procedures.” Lambert did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment.
Lambert is accused of illegally transmitting information from the township’s “2020 General Election Electronic Survey Book under Scott.”
It is alleged that Scott “deliberately ignored multiple instructions” to turn the voting table over to “an authorized dealer for service and testing.” Michigan State Police seized the tabulator as part of a search warrant.
Both Lambert and Scott have a history of election denial. Lambert tried to sue overturning President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in Michigan. So is Scott put forward conspiracy theories about the electionsand in 2021 owaetced from administering the township’s local elections after the Michigan Elections Bureau said it did not take steps to ensure voter security. He was eventually removed from office in an election reminds of the elections last year.
It was Lambert was arrested In March after sanctions hearings on the allegations, he released classified emails from Dominion Voting Systems.
Associated Press contributed.