MAGA-Loving AG Hopeful Tied To Election Machine Breach Scheme In Michigan

Matthew DePerno, who is running for the Michigan Republican party's nomination for state attorney general, speaks at a rally hosted by ex-President Donald Trump on April 2, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. (Scott Olso... Matthew DePerno, who is running for the Michigan Republican party's nomination for state attorney general, speaks at a rally hosted by ex-President Donald Trump on April 2, 2022 near Washington, Michigan. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Matthew DePerno, the Trump-endorsed candidate for Michigan attorney general, spearheaded a plot to seize multiple vote tabulators in pursuit of MAGA election fraud conspiracy theories, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel (D) and records obtained by Reuters.

DePerno, who will likely face Nessel in November pending his official nomination by GOP convention delegates later this month, was the ringleader of a team of fellow election truthers known as the “Michigan Antrim County Election Lawsuit & Investigation Team.”

Reuters found that the team improperly got ahold of the vote tabulator in Richfield Township in Michigan’s Roscommon County, which is one of the election system security breaches Nessel has been investigating since February.

In an analysis of a report from DePerno’s team, Reuters matched a photo in the report to the serial number of a Richfield vote tabulator.

DePerno and his cronies’ breach of election equipment also allegedly extended to Barry County and Missaukee County, according to Nessel’s office.

The allegations were included in the office’s petition dated Friday requesting a special prosecutor to take Nessel’s place in investigating the breaches now that her likely election rival has been found at the center of the “coordinated plan” to carry out said breaches.

“When this investigation began there was not a conflict of interest,” the petition stated. “However, during the course of the investigation, facts were developed that DePerno was one of the prime instigators of the conspiracy.”

DePerno’s team took five tabulators to hotels and/or Airbnbs, where the so-called investigators “broke into the tabulators and performed ‘tests’ on the equipment,” according to the petition.

“It was determined during the investigation that DePerno was present at a hotel room during such ‘testing,'” Nessel’s office said.

Tyson Shepard, DePerno’s campaign manager, accused Nessel of “targeting and persecuting her political enemies” in a statement to the Detroit News on Sunday night.

“She is desperate to win this election at all costs and is now targeting DePerno, her political opponent,” he said. “Her actions are unethical and will further demonstrate to the voters that she is unfit for office.”

Read the petition below:

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  1. Another example of projection - their target is accused of doing what they’ve clearly done, but it’s all the target’s fault. In the category of ‘you made me do this’.

    When does this guy see prison? I mean, seriously. This is so ever-lovin’ blatant…

  2. Avatar for grack grack says:

    No wonder tfg is so keen to back this guy. He’s got the real goods on the criminal conspiracy. Gotta keep him happy!

  3. “She is desperate to win this election at all costs and is now targeting DePerno, her political opponent,” he said. “Her actions are unethical and will further demonstrate to the voters that she is unfit for office.”

    Up is Down!

  4. THAT’S the Right’s “policy”.

  5. From his view point he is the right candidate for the job, he has firsthand knowledge of the legal system by being of a victim of the justice system.

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