Attorney for defendant in Dominion Voting defamation case publishes company emails, facing potential sanctions

An attorney who was charged with illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election has recently admitted to sharing confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems, a voting machine company, in a separate case. The attorney, Stefanie Lambert, made this admission in a court filing on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C.

Lambert confessed to passing on the records from Dominion to "law enforcement" and attached an affidavit containing leaked emails signed by Dar Leaf, a county sheriff in northern Michigan who has been investigating false claims of widespread election fraud from the 2020 election. These leaked documents were included in a filing in Lambert's own Michigan case and were also posted to an account under Leaf's name on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter. It was revealed that Lambert obtained the confidential records shortly after joining the legal team of a prominent election denier that Dominion is suing for defamation.

Prior to this, she had filed unsuccessful lawsuits to overturn Trump's 2020 loss and is currently facing a bench warrant in Michigan after missing a hearing on March 7 related to the voting machine case. Dar Leaf, the county sheriff whose name was used to post the leaked emails, did not respond to requests for comment. Lambert had recently joined the Dominion defamation case to represent Patrick Byrne, the former CEO of Overstock.

com, who has been a major funder of election conspiracy theories. Lambert argued that the Dominion documents obtained during discovery were evidence of "crimes" that needed to be disclosed to law enforcement. Patrick Byrne wrote on X that Lambert "signed an NDA, but she found evidence of ongoing crime, and reported it to law enforcement.

If she found a severed head in discovery box she had a duty to report it to law-enforcement, too." Dominion filed a motion on Friday calling for Lambert to be removed from the Byrne case for violating a protective order issued by U.S.

District Court Judge Moxila A. Upadhyaya on documents in the case. The company expressed concern that Lambert's disclosure had resulted in renewed threats towards the company, which has been the target of elaborate conspiracy theories regarding Trump's loss.

"These actions should shock the conscience," Dominion stated in its motion seeking to disqualify Lambert. "They reflect a total disregard for this Court's orders, to say nothing of the safety of Dominion employees." During a hearing on Monday, Judge Upadhyaya indicated that a subsequent hearing was scheduled to determine whether sanctions against Lambert or removing her from the case were warranted.

Dominion has filed several defamation lawsuits against individuals who have spread conspiracy theories blaming its election equipment for Trump's 2020 loss. Last year, Fox News settled the most notable of these cases for US$787 million. The lawsuit against Patrick Byrne is just one of many that Dominion has filed against prominent election deniers, including MyPillow founder Mike Lindell and attorney Sidney Powell.

In conclusion, the legal troubles faced by Stefanie Lambert highlight the complexities and legal implications of accessing and sharing confidential information in high-profile cases. Her actions have led to further scrutiny from the court and potential sanctions, underscoring the importance of respecting the legal process and upholding protective orders in sensitive legal matters.