During the convention, Republicans nominated six fake electors from 2020 to serve as presidential electors this year. After DePerno dropped out, they chose Patrick O'Grady, a circuit court judge, as their nominee for the state supreme court…
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Michigan’s Republican convention removes chair amid party tensions
The Michigan Republican party has for years been beset with chaos and divisions caused by the influence of Christian nationalism, election conspiracies and extremism. When a faction within the party moved to oust Karamo earlier this year, the longstanding intra-party brawl came into national focus. This weekend's convention proved that those divisions remain as present as ever…
Saturday, August 5, 2023
Key Michigan 2020 indictment was overshadowed by Trump indictment
First, DePerno and Rendon, both vocal 2020 "election deniers," are alleged to have illegally obtained a voting machine in a wildly ill-advised attempt to prove election fraud that, despite Trump and his allies' pronouncements, did not exist. A nation that holds secure elections cannot allow self-deputized vigilantes improperly seizing possession of voting machines under false pretenses...
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Michigan Republicans charged in connection with 2020 voting machine tampering - The Washington Post
Former attorney general candidate Matthew DePerno (R) was charged with improper possession of a voting machine, conspiracy to unlawfully possess a voting machine, conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to a computer system and willfully damaging a voting machine, according to Hilson. Former state representative Daire Rendon (R) was charged with conspiracy to unlawfully possess a voting machine and using false pretenses with the intent to defraud, he said. Both were arraigned Tuesday and released...
Friday, October 14, 2022
Matt DePerno Sought to Foreclose on His Clients’ Property. Now He Wants to Be Michigan’s Top Lawyer. – Mother Jones
If Matthew DePerno wins his race to unseat Michigan's Democratic attorney general in November, he'll become the state's top lawyer. He will have a staff of more than 500 people, and his duties will include everything from investigating voter fraud to "protecting consumers and addressing illegal business practices." But as a practicing attorney, DePerno—a vocal conspiracy theorist and election denier—has been accused of improper behavior in court documents filed by clients, a law firm he hired, and even the current AG. And a Mother Jones examination of years of legal filings involving DePerno suggests that he has routinely engaged in aggressive tactics to collect legal fees, while sometimes leaving his clients dissatisfied with the quality of his legal representation…
Monday, August 8, 2022
Michigan AG calls for special prosecutor in case now involving her Trump-backed opponent - POLITICO
Dana Nessel's office says it's uncovered evidence tying the GOP candidate running to unseat her to a scheme to seize and tamper with voting machines...
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/07/michigan-attorney-general-special-prosecutor-trump-00050244
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Senior Trump official at State met with election denial activists Jan. 6 - The Washington Post
…Robert A. Destro, a law professor at Catholic University of America then serving as an assistant secretary of state, confirmed to The Washington Post he met with the two men — Colorado podcaster Joe Oltmann and Michigan lawyer Matthew DePerno — in the midst of the tumultuous day…
Friday, May 6, 2022
The GOP's newfound abortion dilemma on rape and incest - The Washington Post
And in Michigan, Matthew DePerno, who earned the state GOP's endorsement for attorney general late last month, has said that in that role he wouldn't support exceptions for rape, incest or even the life of the mother…
Sunday, May 1, 2022
Michigan Republicans divided after party nominates DePerno and Karamo for top jobs - The Washington Post
"If you had any shred of experience, if you had any shred of competence, that was an immediate disqualifier," said Jason Watts, a former secretary of the Allegan County Republican Party, who was a convention delegate. "The Michigan GOP just nominated two people that have no broad-based appeal."…
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Republicans: Trump-backed pair who repeat ‘big lie’ win Michigan backing
…The state Democratic Party said Republicans should be "ashamed" of its endorsed candidates. Party chair Lavora Barnes called Karamo a "fear-spreading, inexperienced extremist" and said DePerno is a Trump "lackey" willing to protect the former president but not all Michiganders...
Friday, March 25, 2022
Trump’s Pick for Michigan AG Has a Shady Past, Court Docs Reveal
Quartet accused in two major hacking campaigns between 2012 and 2018, indictment unsealed by justice department reads…
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