PONTIAC, Mich. — Prosecutors investigating supporters of former President Donald Trump who pushed to obtain voting equipment in Michigan after the 2020 election told a judge in May they're examining "multiple crimes" spanning "multiple counties," according to a court transcript.
Court records in Oakland County reveal a monthslong legal battle playing out over an ongoing probe by D.J. Hilson, the Muskegon County prosecutor. Hilson was selected in September to serve as a special prosecutor to decide whether charges should be brought against nine people who allegedly engaged in a conspiracy to gain improper access to voting machines after the 2020 presidential election.
The nine individuals, including former GOP attorney candidate Matt DePerno, Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf and former state Rep. Daire Rendon, a Lake City Republican, were part of an effort to contest Trump's loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
