DETROIT — Supporters of Donald Trump pressured Livonia city Clerk Susan Nash in January 2021 to hand over hard drives and voting machine data for "analysis," according to documents that shine new light on the push to obtain equipment used in Michigan's 2020 presidential election.
Already, a special prosecutor is considering criminal charges against nine individuals who successfully got three Michigan clerks in rural areas of the state to supply tabulators, which they allegedly took to hotel rooms, broke into and examined. The attempt to access election hard drives and data in Livonia, a suburb of Detroit with 94,000 residents, suggests the campaign for equipment could include other political figures and could be broader than previously known.
Patrick Colbeck, a Republican and former Michigan state senator, sent an email to Nash on Jan. 4, 2021, according to records obtained by The Detroit News through Freedom of Information Act requests.
