Her new lawyer says it’s all a misunderstanding.
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Sorry, I had to change my pants from laughing so hard.
[Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Jeffery S.] Matis issued the warrant for Lambert Junttila on Friday [March 8, 2024] after she did not appear at a March 7 show cause hearing and did not turn herself in within 24 hours as directed by the court.
In case you forgot…
Lambert Junttila is one of three individuals indicted as part of a probe into alleged tampering with voting tabulators following the 2020 election where President Joe Biden defeated former President Donald Trump. Attorney and former Republican attorney general nominee Matthew DePerno and former state Rep. Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) were also indicted.
A scene from the upcoming "Minions III"…wait a minute…
[Attorney Dan] Hartman said he has been retained due to a “breakdown in the attorney-client relationship” between Lambert Juntilla and her previous attorney, [Michael J.] Smith. Smith had sought to subpoena Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, who are both Democrats, to appear and testify at Lambert Junttila’s trial, with legal counsel for both officials filing a motion to quash the subpoena.
Hartman said he could present evidence that Lambert Junttila was confused about the date and time of last week’s hearing due to the miscommunication with Smith [emphasis mine – r2]. […] “We can present evidence that her non-appearance was not a willful disregard of the court order and that she was in fact confused and by the time the communication came to her it was too late to remedy and cure that.”
Adding to the election-tampering dumpster fire…
[Judge] Matis denied a motion by Rendon to dismiss one of the charges against her. […] “I do believe the statute gives a person of ordinary intelligence reasonable opportunity to know what is prohibited or required,” he said in reference to defense arguments that the law was vague as to what constitutes “undue possession” of a voting machine [emphasis mine – r2].
*The court had issued multiple orders for Lambert Junttila to have her fingerprints and a DNA sample taken, as is required by law. Matis previously noted the initial deadline requesting fingerprints and DNA sampling was set for Aug. 10, 2023. At Wednesday’s hearing, he also noted that he had given Lambert Junttila every opportunity to fulfill the court’s orders.
Hartman said he could present evidence that Lambert Junttila was confused about the date and time of last week’s hearing due to the miscommunication with Smith.
“We can present evidence that her non-appearance was not a willful disregard of the court order and that she was in fact confused and by the time the communication came to her it was too late to remedy and cure that.”*
She knows exactly what she’s doing - should have been arrested back in August. She’s waiting for her hero to give her a pardon.
So why is she ghosting everybody? Surely one of her lawyers, past or present, would have communicated to their client her presence was—ahem—requested in the court. If she’s merely at home waiting it out, pick her up already! That malarkey about “I got kids. I don’t want them to see [my arrest]”, well, that deal went out the window with the bench warrant, wouldn’t you agree?
Possible. This thought had occurred to me also, but she’s so low down the food chain…like a sea monkey.