Lansing — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a new round of criminal charges Wednesday against attorney Stefanie Lambert, alleging Lambert, who’s worked to advance dubious election fraud claims nationally, and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott allowed someone to access non-public voter information.
Nessel, a Democrat and the state’s top law enforcement official, revealed the charges in a news release, which didn’t detail specifically which pieces of data were allegedly made available to an unauthorized individual through what Nessel’s office described as a “2020 election voter data breach.”
Lambert, an attorney who was once involved in a suit to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential victory in Michigan, illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township electronic poll book “concerning the 2020 general election under the direction of Scott,” the statement from the Attorney General’s office said.
An electronic poll book would typically include personal identifying information about eligible voters in a specific precinct, likely including a person’s name and address.
“When elected officials and their proxies use their positions to promote baseless conspiracies, show blatant disregard for voter privacy and break the law in the process, it undermines the very essence of the democratic process,” Nessel said in a statement. “Those who engage in such reckless conduct must be held accountable for their actions.”
Lambert has gained prominence among and the financial backing of some supporters of Republican former President Donald Trump because of his efforts to raise doubts about the 2020 election, which Trump lost to Biden.
On Wednesday, Nessel announced three felony charges against Lambert: using a computer to commit a crime, which would bring up to seven years behind bars, unauthorized access to a computer, which would bring up to five years behind bars, and conspiracy to commit unauthorized access to a computer, which would also