Pro-Trump attorney slapped with new charges for allegedly breaching voter information
Stefanie Lambert, a pro-Trump attorney, has been indicted on new charges by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who is additionally charging Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, alleging the pair helped someone access confidential voter information.
According to The Detroit News, "Nessel, a Democrat and the state's top law enforcement official, revealed the charges in a news release, which didn't detail specifically which pieces of data were allegedly made available to an unauthorized individual through what Nessel's office described as a '2020 election voter data breach.' Lambert, an attorney who was once involved in a suit to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory in Michigan, illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township electronic poll book 'concerning the 2020 general election under the direction of Scott,' the statement from the Attorney General's office said."
An electronic poll book would include names and addresses of voters in a given precinct, which is not public information.
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"When elected officials and their proxies use their positions to promote baseless conspiracies, show blatant disregard for voter privacy and break the law in the process, it undermines the very essence of the democratic process," stated Nessel. "Those who engage in such reckless conduct must be held accountable for their actions.”
Lambert was already charged with "undue possession of a voting machine, conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine, conspiracy to commit unauthorized access to a computer system, and willfully damaging a voting machine," and turned herself in to authorities in March after being targeted by a bench warrant.
Additionally, Scott's arrest is not the first time a local elections officer has been implicated in an alleged criminal scheme to validate Trump's conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being stolen. Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, was sentenced to home detention and community service last year for obstructing government operations, after a scheme in which she worked to breach elections equipment.