Pro-Trump lawyer turns himself in in Michigan after DC arrest and Dominion leaks

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Trump-supporting lawyer Stephanie Lambert After a tough week in which she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in Washington, D.C., she turned to Michigan authorities on Thursday in connection with charges of 2020 election fraud. He turned himself in.

DJ Hilson, the special prosecutor who prosecuted Lambert in Michigan, confirmed that Lambert appeared in court Thursday morning in Oakland County Circuit Court.

“The judge ruled that the Michigan bench warrant is now revoked and she was taken into custody for the sole purpose of collecting DNA and fingerprints,” Hilson said.

Lambert’s attorney, Daniel Hartman, also confirmed that Lambert turned himself in as promised after his arrest. Released by local DC judge Early this week. Hartman said Lambert’s fingerprints will not be entered into the system “until further order of the court.” Lambert is fighting prosecutors’ efforts to have her fingerprints taken.

The surrender came days after Lambert was arrested in federal court in Washington, D.C. On Monday, shortly after taking part in a two-hour hearing in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against her client, former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, over false claims about the 2020 election, she filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals Service. detained by officials.

The hearing in the Washington, D.C.-based defamation case concerned the recent leak of internal Dominion emails that Lambert obtained through Byrne’s representatives. But Lambert’s D.C. arrest and Thursday surrender in Michigan were based on warrants issued after he failed to appear at a recent criminal hearing.

she was was indicted last year This was one of several incidents in which Donald Trump’s supporters sought to prove voter fraud theories in battleground states after his loss in the 2020 election, including Michigan. This is related to an attempted violation of the electoral system in .