Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Wednesday that a former township official and her attorney will be indicted in Michigan for an alleged voter data breach related to the 2020 election.
Nessel's office said in a press release that former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and her personal attorney Stephanie Lambert had “unauthorized computer access to voter data, including non-public voter information related to the 2020 general election.” He is suspected of allowing “inspector access.”
Scott faces six charges (five felonies and one misdemeanor), including concealing or withholding voting machines and using a computer in a crime. Lambert faces three felonies, including crimes using a computer. It is unclear how they filed the charges.
Scott, 52, and Lambert, 42, have previously promoted conspiracy theories about the results of Michigan's 2020 presidential election.
“Ensuring the security and integrity of elections is the cornerstone of democracy,” Nessel said in a statement.
“It is in the essence of the democratic process that elected officials and their agents use their positions to promote baseless conspiracies, blatantly disregard voter privacy, and break the law in the process. It undermines,” she continued. We must be held accountable for our reckless actions. ”
Lambert's attorney, Daniel Hartman, said in a statement to The Associated Press that Lambert did not violate any laws and “continues to work to bring transparency to the public's election data, processes and procedures.” . Lambert did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for comment.
Lambert is accused of illegally transmitting data from the town's 2020 General Election Electronic Poll Book under Scott's direction.
According to the press release, Scott “deliberately ignored numerous instructions” to turn over the vote-counting machines to “certified vendors for maintenance and testing.” Michigan State Police eventually seized the tabulation machine as part of a search warrant.
Both Lambert and Scott have a history of refusing to vote. Lambert previously tried to file a lawsuit to overturn President Joe Biden's 2020 Michigan election victory. Mr. Scott has also promoted election-related conspiracy theories, and in 2021, the Michigan Department of Elections accused him of failing to take precautions to ensure voting safety. was prohibited. She ultimately lost office in a 2023 recall election.
Mr. Lambert was arrested in March after a sanctions hearing for allegedly distributing classified emails from Dominion Voting Systems.