Matthew DePerno, the 2022 Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, speaks during a Trump rally in Warren, Mich. DePerno is being investigated for his involvement in an alleged scheme to tamper with voting machines.
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Matthew DePerno, the 2022 Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general, speaks during a Trump rally in Warren, Mich. DePerno is being investigated for his involvement in an alleged scheme to tamper with voting machines.
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The most recent Republican nominee for Michigan attorney general has been charged as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to seize voting machines.
Matthew DePerno, who unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel in the 2022 election, has been charged with undue possession of a voting machine and conspiracy, according to Oakland County, Mich., court records (DePerno’s name was misspelled on the website).
DePerno, an attorney, had been endorsed in that contest by former President Donald Trump, and he rose to prominence after pushing Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 election in Michigan court. DePerno then became a target of a probe into an alleged effort to unlawfully access voting machines.
DePerno blasted the investigation, which Nessel had shifted to a special prosecutor because DePerno was both a target of the probe and her political opponent.
Also charged was former Republican state Rep. Daire Rendon. Both Rendon and DePerno were arraigned Tuesday and posted bond.
After his loss to Nessel, DePerno unsuccessfully sought election as state GOP chair.
This story originally appeared on NPR
