According to reports, the Michigan Attorney General’s office wants a special prosecutor to examine whether a Republican candidate for attorney general and others should be prosecuted for trying to access polling machines after the 2020 election.
Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office has asked the Michigan Prosecuting Attorneys Coordinating Council to appoint a special prosecutor to consider charges against nine people, including Republican attorney general candidate Matt DePerno, state Rep. Daire Rendon of Lake City, and Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf.
The newspaper said that Nessel’s principal deputy attorney general, Christina Grossi, referred the claims to Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
According to the letter, they persuaded local clerks to give over voting tabulators and “tested” them.
Because Nessel would likely face DePerno in November, a special prosecutor was requested.
Trump backed DePerno, a lawyer. The political newbie backs Trump’s misleading statements about losing to Biden in 2020.
In April, Michigan Republicans backed DePerno. Later this month, he’ll be formally nominated, but that’s a formality.
Tyson Shepard, DePerno’s campaign manager, remarked, “Dana Nessel knows she’s losing” “She’s anxious to win this election and is now attacking DePerno.
Her unscrupulous behaviours prove she’s unqualified for office.”
Ben Cotton, Jeff Lenberg, Douglas Logan, and James Penrose “broke into the tabulators and did ‘tests’ on the equipment,” according to the petition.
Cotton, Lenberg, Logan, and Penrose questioned the 2020 election. DePerno referenced Cotton, Lenberg, and Penrose in an Antrim County complaint, The News reported.
Logan, founder of Cyber Ninjas, audited Maricopa County, Arizona results.
Leaf didn’t reply to a request for comment Sunday, while Rendon couldn’t be contacted.
Unlawful possession of a voting machine is a five-year felony, according to the newspaper.