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A former Republican candidate for Michigan attorney general and a onetime state representative have been criminally charged in connection with a scheme to break into voting machine equipment in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, according to court records obtained by The Daily Beast.
Matthew DePerno, endorsed by Donald Trump in an unsuccessful bid for the attorney general’s office last year, was previously named by prosecutors as a “prime instigator” in the plot. He was hit with four charges: two counts of undue possession of a voting machine, one count of conspiracy for undue possession of a voting machine, and one count of conspiracy for unauthorized access. His name is mistakenly spelled “DeParno” in the court docket.
Former state Rep. Daire Rendon was also charged with one count of conspiracy for undue possession of a voting machine and one count of false pretenses.