Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies over alleged 2020 voting machine tampering plot
- Matthew DePerno and Daire Rendon, prominent Michigan Republicans, were charged for allegedly accessing voting machines after the 2020 election.
- Charges include undue possession of voting machines, conspiracy, and false pretenses.
- Accused of taking 5 voting tabulators to hotel rooms to perform unauthorized "tests" on the machines.
- Part of ongoing legal reckoning over election conspiracy theories promoted by Trump and allies.
- Comes after Trump-backed candidates performed poorly in 2022 midterms.