Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for election tampering - ABC News
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The former clerk was convicted of breaching an elections computer system.
ByLaura RomeroOctober 3, 2024, 3:06 PM
Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for leading a security breach of the county's election system after being inspired by false and baseless claims of voting fraud.
Peters was convicted for giving an individual affiliated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, an ally of former President Donald Trump, access to the election software she used for her county. Screenshots of the software appeared on right-wing websites.
She was found guilty of most charges of election tampering and misconduct.
"Your lies are well documented, and these convictions are serious," District Judge Matthews Barrett said. "I'm convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You're as defiant as a defendant as this Court has never seen."
"There are many things in my mind that are crystal clear about this case, you are no hero," Barrett added. "You abused your position, and you're a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that's been proven to be junk, time and time again."
Barrett called the damage done by Peters to undermine the integrity of elections "immeasurable."
Before being sentenced, Peters took the stand to ask for probation, and told the judge she "never did anything with malice" and believed she was serving the people in Mesa County.
Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo.David Zalubowski/AP
"I'm not a criminal and I don't deserve to go into a prison where other people have committed heinous crimes," Peters said.
The former Mesa County clerk, who gave a lengthy and emotional speech, told the judge she would be willing to not talk about elections anymore if sentenced to probation.
"I really am remorseful," she said.
Peters became a leading figure fueling false and baseless conspiracy theories about election fraud after the 2020 election. Since then, Peters has held a number of election denial events with Lindell.
"I came to Colorado today because you have here in Colorado the key to the whole nation," Lindell said in 2022, "because you had a great county clerk, Tina Peters, (who) did her job."
Lindell has not been charged in the case.
During Thursday's hearing, election denier Douglas Frank, a Lindell associate, said Peters was among many election officials who were "understandably concerned" about the 2020 election.
"Tina Peters is no conspirator, Tina Peters is a patriot," Frank said.
Matt Crane, the executive director of the Colorado County Clerks Association, testified that Peters' actions have led directly to death threats against election officials in the state.
"We've seen long time clerks choose retirement due to the flames that Tina has willfully fanned," Crane said.
"These people have had their jobs made immeasurably harder by what Tina Peters did and her ongoing efforts to fuel the machine that continues to spread lies and disinformation," Crane said.
"But most importantly, her actions have contributed to millions of Americans developing a distrust in their election for no reason," he added.
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great minds ... I didn't see this so I'll delete my duplicate article...
besides, my fan club will likely participate more freely on yours ....
You have a fan club? All I have are a few friends. Damn!
She's the one who thinks cancer is a fungus.
Stealing from a memorial fund. Sounds about right.
I got clubbed by a fan, and an alleged "friend" whilst clubbing for fish in AC...we got flagged from AC, so it was a hot ride to DC, where the Fan Club had given a few award winning belts to people who's pants were too loose
some here think i'm a oscill
so,
i prove them correct
that side of the divide oozes with maga slime ...
The number of people who have lost careers, broken their families and/or have been incarcerated around Trump's stolen election lies is staggering.
... and well deserved by the maga participants. fucking gullible morons ...
And as always, Trump has yet to be held accountable.
Or admit he was wrong in the things he did and/or said.
Pretty damn sure that the DoJ will let him know very soon that he is not above the law as he has always thought he was.
Well, I wouldn't say he's "innocent", he just hasn't been found guilty yet. Mob bosses rarely get their own hands dirty; they give their winks and nods to their underlings who do the dirty work and end up in prison. That's why it took so long to convict Al Capone, it was hard to prove all the crimes he'd committed when he had dozens of expendable muscle to take the fall for him. But like with Capone, it will eventually catch up to Trump even if it has to be charges of tax evasion used to bring him down.
hopefully mike lindell sends her a my pillow and mattress topper for her back. I believe they have a 10 year warranty ...
That might be difficult for Mike as his company is barely functioning as it is. He's been sued by nearly everyone who does business with him for non-payment.
too bad for him that we don't have coed prisons in colorado, maybe he can arrange for a conjugal visit with her ...
She will sleep on thin scratchy bedding like everybody else.
She needs a magnetic mattress due to injuries suffered in weightlessness when she tried to escape the aliens who had abducted her... /s
wouldn't a space laser be able to reverse the polarity?
maybe her statements to the judge prior to sentencing that briefly danced around her antisemitic feelings disqualified her ...
The judge was right she has caused immeasurable damage including putting election officials' lives in danger.
I wonder if they have election officials in the prison you are going too?
Yet it is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage Trump has caused. But his supporters insist he has done nothing wrong.
Is it even p;ossible for him to do wrong...?
Cause i'm not convinced it is, after comments around here and my personal interaction with cult followers. I find it quite amazing their dying loyalty to one who would just flush them royally, as he wears the same suit, campaigning and by a court yet ordered, asz the cult liter has them more concerned with bordered, as they borderline insane, with nonsense-acull the heard arguments, as they seem unaware, or not to care, about the absurdity of their rationality, and leave it on display for the entire world to see.
It should be concerning to all.
It does seem that insanity is actually infectious.
I wondered for decades whether Fox made folk insane or whether insane folk just gravitated towards Murdoch's far right fascist insanity.
It does seem that insane folk were just looking for validation.
hopefully her resemblance to a mop won't be lost on her new peer group ...
Now those who criminally conspired with Peters must get theirs too!
All the more reason (and these are "personnel-laden') to not elect Crooked Donald as he will undoubtedly PARDON her and soon will be calling this judgement, "unfair" on any airwaves that will have him.
She chose the path she would travel to her own detriment, and to ours. She chose to engage in criminal misconduct. Now she will pay the price. So be it.
These "Crooked Donald-lites" traversers. When will they realize that Donald is not sharing his 'Teflon' with anybody beyond himself!
The hard way I guess: Go to Jail! Do not pass by it!
she ran for the R candidate for Sec of state in '22, came in 3rd in the R primary, then claimed the election was stolen from her.
Oh, that's a surprise. Sounds like she has a healthy dose of paranoia.
part of the lauren boebert western slope political clique back in '20.
Why is it that all far right-wing fascists claim foul when they lose?
Could it be a defect in their genetic makeup?
It's a 'formula' . . . Crooked Donald has 'perfected' the steps to it for potential trumpists to imitate. However, there is one caveat for trumpists: They lack the lawyering foundation that Crooked Donald has invested in all his life (and received the benefits from).
Another unfortunate life-altering challenging 'moment' for a member of Crooked Donald's 'team' players!
Has it struck anybody here just how 'all-consuming' Crooked Donald's politics are? Nine years of this man's rantings and whinings. . . he is still got more 'wind' in him. Are we DONE yet?!!!
Vote for somebody else!
One must be insane to vote for an insane person.
Could it be that the far right here are actually Russian bots?
Could be, I have no indications of what/who they are. There recalcitrant behavior is due to a 'party' stance to be obstinate, defiant, and 'own' the libs! That is what is driving the Right. They view themselves as DONE with talking to liberals and progressives and now talk pass us, or opt to talk dismissively to our points.
Trumpists, for all intent and purposes, are engaging in what they consider intentional political warfare with us. In which case, 'all' resources they can bring to bear (bots/lies/propaganda/negativism) are potentially useable.
(I know about this, because I read about it all the time.)
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Very timely sentencing just a month out from the 24 election. This is a flag to current election officials that break the law in the dubious search trying to substantiate false claims about election rigging. Her defiant stand until the end almost suggests mental illness.
maga = mental acuity goes away ...
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And Comey did what to Hillary a week before the election?
Hillary did nothing to deserve it; Trump did.
I'm glad the judge called bullshit on her declarations of remorse. She's only remorseful about the prison sentence.
Yup.
scratch 1 trump voter ...
hopefully her expedience into protective custody in prison rivals her march to justice ...
She broke the law and is being punished accordingly.
I wonder what the going rate is now to avoid regular beatings in prison ...
What was it before Biden inflation?
a grilled cheese sandwich?
Now you might have to add pickle slices.
ICE gave me one of those at Houston Itnl, they let them age for several weeks ... something about keeping the orthodontist's main squeeze in the furball of her choice.
lucky for you that you're white ...
Hahahahahahaha!!!!
where's your hero now, tina?