Former Republican State Representative Daire Rendon and former Trump-backed Michigan attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno were charged Tuesday over efforts to access and tamper with voting machines in Michigan following the 2020 US presidential election. Both politicians were arraigned in Oakland County’s Sixth Circuit Court.
The charges arise from an ongoing investigation into attempts by supporters of Former President Donald Trump to breach voting machines. Rendon faces two charges, including conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses. DePerno faces four charges, including undue possession of a voting machine, conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine, conspiracy to commit unauthorized access to a computer system, and willfully damaging a voting machine.
