Stefanie Lambert Junttila, who along with other Trump allies
tried to reverse Trump's defeat to Democratic President Joe
Biden in Michigan, was charged with accessing, tampering with
and undue possession of voting machines in the state, according
to court records.
Lambert was the third person charged in Michigan this week after
a special prosecutor in that state reviewed allegations that
Trump allies illegally accessed voting machines after the 2020
election.
Two other Michigan Republicans, former Michigan attorney general
candidate Matt DePerno, and Daire Rendon, a former state
representative, made their initial court appearances on Tuesday
in connection with the case.
All three were named last year by Michigan's attorney general
Dana Nessel, in an investigation of a scheme to access voting
tabulators. Nessel, a Democrat, defeated Trump-endorsed DePerno
in her re-election bid last year.
In a call with reporters last week, Junttila called the case a
"malicious prosecution".
The Michigan case is a separate prosecution from Trump's latest
indictment.
Trump was appearing in court on Thursday accused of leading a
conspiracy built on lies to overturn the 2020 presidential
election, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.
Capitol.
In a 45-page indictment on Tuesday, Special Counsel Jack Smith
accused Trump and some allies of promoting false claims the
election was rigged, pressuring state and federal officials to
alter the results and assembling fake slates of electors to try
to wrest electoral votes from Biden.
It is the third time Trump has been indicted this year.
He has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he retained
classified documents after leaving office and New York state
charges that he falsified documents in connection with hush
money payments to a porn star.
Trump may soon face more charges in Georgia, where a state
prosecutor is investigating his attempts to overturn the
election there.
(Reporting by Tim Reid; editing by Grant McCool)
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