HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county faces more than $1 million in legal fees after violating a court order by allowing unauthorized inspections of its Dominion voting machines, according to a report issued Friday by Commonwealth Court President Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer.
Fulton County, along with its attorney Thomas J. Carroll, was found to have breached a state supreme court directive that barred any further access to the machines amid ongoing litigation. The court-appointed special master, Judge Jubelirer, recommended that Fulton County and Carroll cover the legal costs incurred by Dominion Voting Systems and the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth as a result of their actions.
The recommended sanctions include approximately $149,000 that the county alone should pay to the state, and $136,000 to Dominion. Additionally, both the county and Carroll would be jointly responsible for $562,000 to the state and $188,000 to Dominion. The sanctions were suggested after the county repeatedly failed to respond to fee submissions, waiving any objections to the amounts claimed.
