A failed state attorney general candidate endorsed by Donald Trump and a former Republican Michigan state representative have been criminally charged with attempting to tamper with voting machines, according to charging documents first spotted by The Detroit News. The criminal charges against the two Trump allies follow a nearly year-long investigation into voting machine tampering and dropped just hours after the former president himself was indicted on felony charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

LANSING, MI — A former Republican candidate for Michigan attorney general and an ex-state representative, both allies of Donald Trump, have been charged in connection with an effort to tamper with voting machines after the 2020 presidential election. Lawyer Matthew DePerno was charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy while former legislator Daire Rendon was charged with conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses, according to special prosecutor D.J. Hilson. They were arraigned Tuesday in Oakland County, a court official said.

Prosecutors in Michigan have charged two Trump allies over their attempts to illegally access and tamper with voting machines following the 2020 election. Matthew DePerno unsuccessfully ran as a Republican candidate to become Michigan’s attorney general last year. Daire Rendon is a former Republican state representative. They were both arraigned Tuesday and are due back in court next month.

LANSING — A Trump-allied attorney and former candidate for state attorney general, who rose to prominence after filing a lawsuit against Antrim County for voter fraud, has been criminally charged in connection with accusations he and others illegally tampered with voting machines. Matthew DePerno, a Republican who in 2022 was endorsed by former President Donald Trump for what became an unsuccessful run for Michigan attorney general, was arraigned in Oakland County Circuit Court Tuesday, court records show.

A special prosecutor has charged a former Republican candidate for Michigan attorney general and a former state lawmaker with crimes related to the 2020 election. The charges, authorized by a grand jury, were filed in Oakland County against Matt DePerno and former state Representative Daire Rendon. DePerno faces four charges, including undue possession of a voting machine, and willfully damaging a voting machine -- both felonies. Rendon faces two counts: conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine, and false pretenses.

This story is courtesy of the Association Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records. Matthew DePerno, a Republican lawyer who was endorsed by Trump in an unsuccessful run for Michigan attorney general last year, was charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy, according to Oakland County court records.

Two Donald Trump supporters tampered with voting machines in Michigan after the 2020 election, according to charges filed Tuesday by a special prosecutor. Matthew DePerno and Daire Rendon were both accused of illegally accessing and tampering with the vote-counting machines after Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election. DePerno and Rendon are two of nine people under investigation in the case. DePerno was the Republican nominee for Michigan Attorney General in 2022, so Attorney General Dana Nessel recused herself from the case. “This process is ongoing and still not...

Federal prosecutors have charged two Trump allies over allegations of accessing and tampering with voter machines after the 2020 election, according to Tuesday reports. Matthew DePerno, a Republican lawyer and former Michigan attorney general candidate, faces charges for undue possession of a voting machine and damaging a voting machine, according to Detroit News. Former Michigan state Rep. Daire Rendon was reportedly charged with conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses.

LANSING, Mich. >> A former Republican attorney general candidate and another supporter of former President Donald Trump have been criminally charged in Michigan in connection with accessing and tampering with voting machines after the 2020 election, according to court records. Matthew DePerno, a Republican lawyer who was endorsed by Trump in an unsuccessful run for Michigan attorney general last year, was charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy, according to Oakland County court records.

A former candidate for Michigan attorney general endorsed by Donald Trump and a former state lawmaker have been indicted on charges related to tampering with voting machines following Trump’s loss in the 2020 election. Matthew DePerno, who lost his bid for attorney general in 2022, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy. In August of last year, Reuters reported that DePerno had orchestrated an alleged security breach of a vote tabulator in Richfield Township, Michigan, in early 2021. Trump's Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His...