By Craig Mauger, MediaNews Group

A voting machine company determined tabulators that were obtained and inspected by supporters of President Donald Trump after Michigan’s 2020 election had been “tampered” with and should not be reused, an executive with the company testified in court Thursday.

Guy Riner, vice president of account management for Election Systems & Software, was the first witness presented by prosecutors on the opening day of preliminary examinations for Matt DePerno, the 2022 GOP nominee for attorney general, and Daire Rendon, a Republican former state representative from Lake City.

DePerno and Rendon — two vocal purveyors of unproven claims of fraud in Trump’s 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden — are facing felony charges for allegedly participating in a conspiracy to gain

See Full Page