MI-AG: Matt DePerno (R) runs for Michigan attorney general again despite felony charges
Matt DePerno, the Michigan lawyer facing felony charges for allegedly tampering with voting machines in a hotel room in 2020, is taking another shot at becoming the state’s top law enforcement officer.
DePerno on Wednesday filed paperwork with the state run for attorney general, kickstarting a second potential campaign for the office he lost to Dana Nessel in 2022 by about 8 percentage points.
In 2023, a special prosecutor — appointed at Nessel’s request in 2022, when the two were rival candidates for office — charged DePerno with undue possession of a voting machine, willfully damaging a voting machine, and two counts of conspiracy.
According to The Detroit News, DePerno boasted about the effort on a 2021 podcast. Court documents have since said he was regularly present for “testing” on voting equipment in hotel rooms where the machines were allegedly being examined outside the legal chain of custody. His case, alongside former Republican state Rep. Daire Rendon’s, have been remanded to lower courts for preliminary exams. Attorney Stephanie Lambert is heading to trial for her alleged role.
https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/matt-deperno-runs-for-michigan-attorney-general-again-despite-felony-charges/
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