Stefanie Lambert Junttila and her then-attorney Dan Hartman on July 11, 2024. | Kyle Davidson
Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott and her private attorney Stefanie Lambert Junttila will stand trial in the 1st Circuit Court in Hillsdale County in an alleged voter data breach during the 2020 presidential election, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday in a press release.
Scott and Lambert Junttila allegedly allowed “unauthorized computer examiner access to voter data, including non-public voter information,” according to Nessel’s office. When the charges were first announced in May 2024, Nessel noted that Scott also allegedly refused to turn over a voting tabulator for maintenance and testing, as well as that Lambert Junttila “illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township Electronic Poll Book concerning the 2020 General Election under the direction of Scott.”
“The deliberate violation of voter privacy to push a false agenda and spew misinformation is reckless and illegal,” Nessel said in Tuesday’s press release. “My office takes these allegations very seriously and looks forward to further pursuing this case through the judicial process to defend the rights of Michiganders and protect their personal election data.”
Scott and Lambert Junttila are each facing felony charges of Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, Computers – Unauthorized Access, and Conspiracy to Commit the Offense of Computers – Unauthorized Access. Scott also faces a felony charge of Misconduct in Office and a misdemeanor charge of Disobeying a Lawful Instruction or Order of the Secretary of State as Chief Election Officer.
Lambert Junttila is also facing charges in Oakland County for separate charges of alleged voter machine tampering, which she was indicted for in 2023 alongside former Republican attorney general nominee Matt DePerno and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City).
Her trial in that case was rescheduled until March 2026 last month after being postponed previously a number of times.
