March 19 (Reuters) - A lawyer defending the former CEO

of Overstock.com against defamation claims by voting machine

company Dominion is due to be arraigned in Washington, D.C. on

Tuesday afternoon, after her arrest in connection with criminal

charges in Michigan that she tampered with voting machines.

Stefanie Lambert, 42, was arrested late Monday at the end of

a Washington court hearing in Dominion's case against her client

Patrick Byrne, whom Dominion accuses of spreading false claims

that it rigged the 2020 election against then-U.S. President

Donald Trump.

Lambert and a criminal defense lawyer for her did not

immediately respond to requests for comment.

Court records show Lambert is charged in Washington with

being a fugitive from justice. A Michigan judge earlier this

month issued a bench warrant for Lambert after she failed to

appear at a March 7 hearing.

A Michigan state prosecutor said Lambert failed to comply

with a court order to provide her DNA and fingerprints.

Lambert, who is among a group of lawyers who unsuccessfully

sued to overturn Democrat Joe Biden's 2020 election victory in

Michigan, has been charged with accessing, tampering with and

undue possession of voting machines in the state.

A spokesperson for the U.S. Marshal Service said Lambert was

arrested Monday in connection with the Michigan bench warrant

and turned over to the District of Colombia's Metropolitan

Police Department, where she was held overnight.

Monday's D.C. court hearing in Dominion's $1.6 billion

defamation case against Byrne and others partly concerned

Lambert's release of documents from the voting technology

company.

Dominion accused Lambert of leaking documents in violation

of a protective order, alleging that their release led to

renewed threats of violence against its employees. The company

has asked a U.S. magistrate judge to disqualify Lambert as

Byrne's counsel.

Hours before Monday's hearing, Lambert said her client

disclosed the documents to law enforcement, claiming they showed

"evidence of criminal violations" by Dominion including

"perjury, foreign interference in a U.S. election, honest

services fraud, and wire fraud."