In Michigan, Democratic state Attorney General Dana Nessel, who won another term in 2022, announced this week new criminal charges for alleged attempts at evident election interference following the 2020 presidential race that favored Donald Trump.

The alleged actions mirrored stories that already emerged from jurisdictions elsewhere of Trump allies/supporters trying to covertly access or otherwise utilize election equipment amid a hunt for elusive evidence that would have proved the (non-existent) systematic election fraud claimed by Trump and others.

Those newly charged include an ex-official who had election duties. That’s former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and Stefanie Lambert… the latter of whom was evidently already criminally charged in a different Michigan case hinging on similar allegations.

Allegedly, Scott “withheld” an election tabulator from her jurisdiction “until it was seized by Michigan State Police pursuant to a search warrant,” while Lambert allegedly “illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township Electronic Poll Book concerning the 2020 General Election under the direction of Scott,” according to a Michigan state press release. The charges for both include felony offenses that, if proven, could land them with years in prison. Both defendants, for instance, are facing a charge of Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, which evidently comes with up to seven years in prison if the defendant is found guilty.

“When elected officials and their proxies use their positions to promote baseless conspiracies, show blatant disregard for voter privacy, and break the law in the process, it undermines the very essence of the democratic process,” Nessel said in prepared remarks.

Michigan also has an active criminal case against individuals who were involved after the 2020 presidential election as sham electors backing Trump in the state despite Joe Biden winning Michigan in 2020. It’s one of four similar cases, including proceedings in Georgia, Nevada, and, most recently, Arizona.