(Brief) Judge Elsenheimer ordered "forensic imaging" of 22 Domin

Based largely on that development, 13th Circuit Court Judge Keven Elsenheimer on Friday ordered "forensic imaging" of 22 Dominion tabulators and related software the county used in the election.

That imaging took place Sunday morning and was conducted by a team from Allied Security Operations Group, a cybersecurity firm.

On Sunday morning, Trump attorney Jenna Ellis told Fox News that "our team" was conducting the examination of the machines in Antrim County. The results should "tell us a lot" about the election equipment, Ellis said.

Matthew DePerno, Bailey's Portage attorney, told "The Steve Gruber Show" Monday that he is not working for the Trump campaign, but he is "happy to cooperate" with the campaign.

DePerno, who has not returned phone calls from the Free Press, said Monday he did not yet know the results of the examination, but the team from ASOG "were happy" about the results and "seemed excited."

In authorizing the inspection of the tabulators, Elsenheimer issued a protective order "restricting use, distribution or manipulation of the forensic images and/or other information gleaned" without first getting his approval. The judge included the protective order after county attorneys told him the examination of the tabulators would violate their licensing agreement with Dominion, which is not a party to the case and has not responded to questions from the Free Press.

In her email to DePerno, Meingast said Benson's concerns include whether the judge's protective order is comprehensive enough in protecting proprietary information and election security, she said.

"It is completely unclear to the secretary what information plaintiff and his agents were granted access to and permitted to image," Meingast said in Wednesday's court filing. "It is certainly possible that plaintiff and his agents obtained information the release of which could present election security concerns to the state of Michigan."

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani commented on Benson's motion on Twitter Wednesday. "Why has Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson intervened in the Antrim MI lawsuit in an (attempt) to prevent the public from exposing voter and election fraud?"  he asked. "What is she hiding?”