A Michigan activist who promoted false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Donald Trump and once live-streamed a protest outside Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's home has begun working in the Macomb County clerk's office.
The hiring of Genevieve Peters in an office that helps administer local elections has some Democrats in the battleground county concerned ahead of the Nov. 8 midterm vote. But Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini, a Republican, defended Peters, who he said was brought on around May.
"We had a position for a trainer," Forlini said in an interview. "Several people applied. I wasn’t part of the interview process or the hiring process. She came out on top, head and shoulders above anyone else."
Forlini said Peters had past election experience, wouldn't be directly working on administering the upcoming election and has been a fantastic employee.
Peters declined to answer questions from The Detroit News on Wednesday. Asked if she was still a supporter of the "Stop the Steal" movement, which claimed without substantiation that fraud caused Republican President Donald Trump's loss in 2020, she responded, "Have a beautiful day." She then hung up on a reporter.
In December 2020, in the weeks after the November 2020 presidential election, she live-streamed a demonstration, which took place at dark, outside Benson's home. Protesters chanted "Stop the Steal," "We want an audit now," "Legal votes only" and "Forensic audit" on...
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