Stefanie Lambert, ex-clerk to stand trial in Michigan election tampering case

Attorney Stefanie Lambert, ex-Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott are headed to trial as part of a 2020 election tampering probe
It’s alleged Lambert and Scott worked together to access a voting machine without proper authorization and transmit voting data
The pair are scheduled for arraignment Dec. 8 in Hillsdale Circuit Court. If found guilty, they each face over a dozen years in prison.

Attorney Stefanie Lambert and former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott are headed to trial over allegations they wrongfully accessed voting data in a failed attempt to prove the 2020 election was rigged against President Donald Trump.

A district court judge bound the pair over for trial on Monday, according to Attorney General Dana Nessel’s office. They face eight cumulative charges, the bulk of which are felonies. Nessel first charged Scott and Lambert in May 2024.

Scott and Lambert did not directly respond to requests for comment. But in a statement provided through attorney Dan Hartman, Lambert argued District Court Judge Megan Stiverson failed to address questions of law raised in Scott’s closing arguments, suggesting an appeal is likely.

It’s alleged that Scott disregarded multiple requests from state officials to allow maintenance and testing on Adams Township voting equipment in 2021. Scott continued to refuse turning over the equipment until it was seized by police in a raid during October of that year.

At the time, Scott told Bridge Michigan that she did not trust the voting machines and wanted to preserve old data — repeating unfounded claims tabulators could have been rigged against Trump.

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Nessel’s office alleges Lambert, who also goes by Stefanie Junttila, illicitly transmitted 2020 general election data from the township’s electronic poll book under Scott’s direction.

The pair are scheduled for arraignment at 8:30 am on Dec. 8 in Hillsdale County Circuit Court.

Scott faces four felony charges, which include using a computer to commit a crime, unauthorized access to a computer, misconduct in office and conspiracy to access a computer without proper authorization. If found guilty, she faces a maximum of 22 years in prison.

She additionally faces one count of disobeying a lawful instruction or order of the Secretary of State, which is a misdemeanor offense punishable by up to 90 days in jail.

Stephanie scott — Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, who voters recalled from the role in 2023, faces four felony counts and a misdemeanor related to allegations she broke multiple laws when refusing to turn over voting equipment for maintenance and testing. (Jonathan Oosting/Bridge Michigan)

Lambert, meanwhile, faces three felony charges, including one count of using a computer to commit a crime, one count of accessing a computer without proper authorization and one count of conspiring to access a computer without proper authorization.

If found guilty, she faces a maximum sentence of 17 years in prison.

Lambert, a pro-Trump attorney who has been involved in election litigation across the country, is also separately headed to trial in March in a case out of Oakland County where, the state alleges, she also played a role in improperly obtaining a voting machine after the 2020 election.

Initially charged in 2023 alongside ex-Michigan state Rep. Daire Rendon and former Republican Attorney General candidate Matt DePerno, Lambert is the first of the three slated for trial after her co-defendants’ cases were remanded to district court for preliminary exams, an option she waived.

In a failed attempt to prove the machines were rigged against Trump, the group allegedly took five ballot tabulators from Barry, Roscommon and Missaukee counties to hotels or rented Airbnb properties in Oakland County.

There, police contend the machines were “broken into” for “tests,” according to court filings.

In that case, where Lambert has maintained she’s done “absolutely nothing illegal,” she faces four felony charges, including one count of willfully damaging a voting machine.