Former US town clerk and her lawyer charged for allegedly accessing 2020 voter data in hunt for fraud

Stephanie Scott and Stefanie Lambert charged for promoting baseless conspiracies' and showing disregard for voter privacy'

Dana Nessel, Michigan's attorney general, announced felony charges Tuesday against Stefanie Lambert, an election-denying attorney, and Stephanie Scott, a former small-town election clerk , over an alleged 2020 voter data breach.

Nessel's office alleges Lambert and Scott allowed an unauthorized computer examiner" to access private voter data from the 2020 general US election and that Scott illegally withheld voting equipment amid an order from the Michigan secretary of state to submit it for regular maintenance. According to a statement from Nessel's office, Lambert transmitted voter data at Scott's direction.