LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Republican attorney general candidate Matt DePerno told a crowd last year he had a "lab" where he could take people and show them how election equipment can be manipulated, according to a previously unreported video obtained by The Detroit News.
The footage, dated Sept. 9, 2021, and shared in a Facebook group, appears to support some of the allegations brought by Attorney General Dana Nessel's office, which has said DePerno was involved in an effort to gain access to voting machines in Michigan and run "tests" on them.
DePerno, a lawyer from Kalamazoo who rose to prominence advancing unproven election fraud claims, is challenging Nessel to be Michigan's top law enforcement official. In the video clip, DePerno says Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was "trying to find" his "lab."
