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March 10, 2022 11:58 AM UTC

Boebert Wants Out Of Peters Pickle, But It's Not That Easy

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  • by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE: The Pueblo Chieftain’s Lacey Latch reports:

A candidate hoping to be the Democratic Party’s choice to run for the Colorado District 3 seat in Congress in November has called for a federal investigation into Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ties to a former Colorado county clerk who has been indicted on felony and misdemeanor charges.

Aspen resident Adam Frisch said the grand jury that indicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters for her alleged role in a scheme to breach voting system technology may have missed “the breadth of the conspiracy or the breadth of the coordination that was going on between Rep. Boebert and her staff and Tina Peters and her staff.”

“No one is above the law, regardless of what position they hold,” he told The Chieftain.

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Rep. Lauren Boebert with 2020 primary campaign manager Sherronna Bishop.

With Clerk Tina Peters now cooling her proverbial heels in Mesa County’s finest involuntary accommodations with a $500,000 cash-only bond, we’re watching for a response from a close associate of Clerk Peters whose property was also raided by law enforcement during the investigation late last year, Sherronna Bishop. Bishop is the self-described “America’s Mom” who accompanied Peters on “MyPillow Guy” Mike Lindell’s private jet to the ill-fated “cyber symposium” last August, where Peters’ culpability in the theft of proprietary data was celebrated and then quickly hushed up as the legal ramifications became evident.

Bishop’s ongoing role in the Tina Peters saga is a persistent headache for freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert. Bishop was Boebert’s campaign manager during the 2020 Republican primary election, in which the formerly unknown Boebert snuck up on somnolent incumbent Rep. Scott Tipton for a win no one expected. Since Boebert’s surprise victory over Tipton, rumors have swirled about funny business in the Mesa County Clerk’s office that may have lent a hand:

In a press release today, Democratic CD-3 congressional challenger Adam Frisch called for a full investigation into Rep. Boebert’s ties to Tina Peters vis-a-vis Bishop:

Boebert and Peters collaborated on a regular basis – the latest of which was their orchestrated statements on November 21, 2021 criticizing the investigation of Peters which, as of yesterday, has led to 10 criminal charges.

In these statements, Boebert also criticized the investigation of Sherronna Bishop, whose home was raided by the FBI in relation to the Peters investigation; but fails to mention that Bishop was Boebert’s campaign manager during the 2020 elections.

“This morning I sent a letter to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado demanding an investigation of Lauren Boebert. The activities of Boebert and her allies are under scrutiny for a good reason. It is un-American and a complete betrayal for a candidate and their allies to undermine the security and integrity of our elections, and we need to know the truth,” said Adam Frisch.

Back in November, Rep. Boebert asked for a meeting with Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubenstein regarding the Peters investigation, and released a carefully-worded statement that sought to extricate Boebert from the controversy but ended up enraging Bishop and Peters’ supporters. After Peters turned herself in yesterday, Boebert released another careful statement saying Peters “deserves a fair trial and to be presumed innocent.” There’s a lot we don’t know about the relationship between Boebert and Sherronna Bishop, but she’s the missing link between Boebert and Peters that either answers many questions or raises many more. When exactly did Boebert stop working with Bishop during the 2020 elections? Did either Boebert or Bishop have any contact with Clerk Peters during the 2020 GOP CD-3 primary?

These are questions that only Boebert can answer, and she needs to answer them now more than ever. Because we can now say credibly that breaking the law in the misguided pursuit of a “higher calling”–in this case the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen–is not beneath Tina Peters or Sherronna Bishop.

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    2. Not yet she isn't. Give Rubenstein some time. He'll find the connection. Who knows, maybe he monitors this site. I should think smart politicians in Colorado do.

    3. As several sources reported:

      In a joint statement announcing the indictment, Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said, “This investigation is ongoing, and other defendants may be charged as we learn more information. We remind everyone that these are allegations at this point and that they are presumed innocent until proven guilty.”

      This also is "just" the state charges for Peters and her deputy.  Federal charges may arrive, and feature additional people and their actions.

      And it is totally separate from the iPad charges for Peters.  And the civil case from Dominion Software for Peters. And the "living on the lam" ethics charges for Peters, which could turn into a criminal referral.

       

          1. No worries, Negev, you’ll always have Steve Bannon’s War Room on the Real America’s  Voice Network, backed by Colorado’s own Robert Sigg. The platform ‘s HQ is  “ Performance Media“, which is run out of a building in Centennial, Colorado.

            Bannon will promote all your batshit theories, death threats to government officials, etc. That’s where most of your talking points originate, including:

            *Putin is trying to “denazify” Ukraine

            * Jena Griswold, by keeping random non-government employees from access to election records, is “reducing transparency”. 
             

            1. I don't know what all that bannon bs is about but the Ukrainians that you support trained the Unite the Right people of Charlottesville you detest. I already showed you the indictment…thats just weird…. 

              Keeping random non-government employees from access to election records sounds reasonable. Doing so after you have been accused of malfeasance is, by matter of reason, a coverup attempt. Ask a cop. Or a 3 year old with cookie crumbs on thier face…it's not complex. 

              1. Just that most of the talking points that you roll out here originate on extreme right news sites like Bannon’s War Room, or Real America’s Voice Network. RAV admits to being a “Trump propaganda network”. 

                1. The talking points here come from Workers Today, a leftwing publication, which published the FBI  indictment.

                  The Griswold stuff is just common sense. Changing the rules of transparency to limit access after being accused of wrongdoing is vastly more suspicious than doing so before. I would have expected this rule to be in place 100 years ago if it did not have immediate and specific utility at the time of its passing….just makes you go hmmm……

                  1. The 26 page indictment of the RAM racist scumbags contains one paragraph mentioning a pro-AZOV tweet by a RAM member. Ukraine is mentioned several times, in the context of a European trip, which entailed visits to sympathetic scumbag groups in Germany, Italy, and the Ukraine.

                    The indictment was first published by the US District Court of California, not by “Workers Daily”. Most of it details the United States activities of the RAM members, including beating up protesters and journalists at a Trump rally. Funny you didn’t focus on that.

                    So as grounds for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Russia’s war crimes (deliberately bombing civilians, a nuclear reactor,  and hospitals), the connection with AZOV is weak sauce.

                    But hey, keep on spreading Putin’s propaganda on here – Putin’s machine generates it, outlets like Bannon’s War Room and Fox News Tucker Carlson amplify it, and bloggers like you spread it widely.

                     

                  2. I'm still waiting for you to point to which changes promulgated by Griswold result in anyone losing access.  Griswold suspended Peters' access for a short period, THEN went to the courts and had the court decide what to do with Tina & the deputy. 

                    And there are LOTS of Republican county clerks.  If Peters has got a legitimate complaint, surely Griswold is not doing anything specific to Mesa County.  Others would be able to see what the state-wide rules allow and do not allow in the way of trusted builds, pre- and post-testing of machines, security of access to the machines, and the audit that follows EVERY election.

      2. Huh?   What rule change diminishes transparency of elections?  What rule do you think blocks investigation?

        it might be a bit of hyperbole to say Colorado has "the safest elections in the nation."  Other states (WA, OR, MN) do well, too.  When there are problems, they seem to surface by official actions, not outside complaints [with VERY rare exceptions].

        1. This one.

          Notice of Temporary Adoption
          Office of the Secretary of State
          Election Rules
          8 CCR 1505-1
          Adopted: June 17, 2021
          I. Adopted Rule Amendments
          As authorized by Colorado Elections Law1 and the State Administrative Procedure Act2
          , the
          Colorado Secretary of State gives notice that the following amendments to the Election Rules3
          are adopted on a temporary basis and effective immediately. (SMALL CAPS indicate proposed
          additions to the current rules. Stricken type indicates proposed deletions from current rules.
          Annotations may be included):
          Current 8 CCR 1505-1 is amended as follows:
          Amendments to Rule 20.5.4 including New Rules 20.5.4(a) and 20.5.4(e):
          20.5.4 Non-county employee access VOTING SYSTEM ACCESS SECURITY
          (A) EXCEPT FOR VOTERS USING A VOTING SYSTEM COMPONENT TO VOTE DURING AN
          ELECTION, COUNTY CLERKS MAY NOT ALLOW ANY PERSON TO ACCESS ANY COMPONENT
          OF A COUNTY’S VOTING SYSTEM UNLESS THAT PERSON HAS PASSED THE BACKGROUND
          CHECK REQUIRED BY THIS OR ANY OTHER RULE OR LAW, IS PERFORMING A TASK
          PERMITTED BY THE COUNTY CLERK OR THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
          UNDER STATUTE OR RULE, AND IS:
          (1) AN EMPLOYEE OF THE COUNTY CLERK;
          (2) APPOINTED AS AN ELECTION JUDGE BY THE COUNTY CLERK IN ACCORDANCE
          WITH ARTICLE 6 OF TITLE 1, C.R.S.;
          (3) AN EMPLOYEE OF THE VOTING SYSTEM PROVIDER FOR THE COUNTY’S VOTING
          SYSTEM; OR
          (4) AN EMPLOYEE OR DESIGNEE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
          (a)(B) All vendors VOTING SYSTEM PROVIDER EMPLOYEES who conduct work on any
          component of a county’s voting system must conduct COMPLETE a criminal
          background check on each employee prior to the employee’s work with the voting
           1 Sections 1-1-107(2)(a) and 1-1.5-104(1)(e), C.R.S. (2020). 2 Section 24-4-103, C.R.S. (2020). 3 8 CCR 1505-1.

      3. Actually they are.  Peters confirmed it with her criminal actions.  On the good side, justice has investigated extensively claims by the former guy and found absolutely nothing to confirm his contentions that there was widespread election fraud.  Nothing so now all we have to do is try and incarcerate this rogue Clerk and Recorder and we will have an air tight election system.

        1. What Peters confirmed was:

          1. The Destruction of evidence. Destruction of election records, election-related data that’s required to be preserved under federal and state law.
          2. Thousands of election records were destroyed.
          3. Secretary of State Griswold and the vendor deleted the election records.
            1. Through the “Trusted Build” hardware and software election systems update.
            1. By way of Griswold’s approved procedures for the updates.
            1. Due to Griswold’s certified election system configuration. Configurations directed by the Secretary of State were designed to automatically overwrite election data.
          4. The election system was illegally certified. The report stops short of stating Griswold’s certification of the voting systems complete with an election record-destroying configuration was illegal. However, Colorado statute is explicit that the Federal Voting System Standards are mandatory. The SecState’s certification allowed the use of a non-compliant voting system in Colorado elections.
          5. The deleted election records eliminate the possibility of a complete forensic election audit. The type of audit SecState Griswold has sought to prohibit by her controversial election rules which were rubber-stamped into 

          Just a little suspicious that the only people, under this new rule, with access to the data were the ones perportedly responsible for the violations. Reeks of coverup, but you already knew this.

           

          3. You old card Neggy.  You could be a comedian.  What's next?  You have proof that Trump won Colorado in 2020?  Post some more meaningless debunked trash that the 450,000 beat down of Trump was a result of Dominion fraud.  That ought to be hilarious.

            What's going to be the over/under on the number of years handed out for her many felonies (who believes a felon) and the number she actually serves.  I'm guessing 50/20 for convicted and 10/4 served.

            1. I'll bet she walks, right after the election is over. 

              Looks like your Dominion hero got popped lying to the police for driving into a building….very telling of what he is capable of to save his ass ….love how he takes 2 shots right before the cops nab him to dodge a DUI…. top notch fella I feel like I can trust him with the controls…..

              1. Come on, Negev. You can do better than this disorganized piece of junk from “Showbiz Corner.” The author can’t even tell a straight story. Some examples……..

                “there has been no more information on his charges or prison term” (meaning he goes directly to jail without a trial? “Go Directly to Jail; do not pass Go or collect $200?).

                “Dominion CEO Eric Coomer.” “(he is) director of Product Strategy & Security and Vice-President of Dominion Voting Systems.” (so he’s the CEO or a V-P? I don’t think one can be both).

                Eric Coomer is a 51 year old actor.  (huh ??)

                 

                  1. When the facts are against you, argue process and then demonize an individual to distract.

                    I'm betting you aren't going to come back for weeks or month after the guilty verdicts roll in.

                    By the way, you never did tell us if you still believe that Trump actually won Colorado and that 450,000 vote margin was all fraud.  Come on fess up, you still believe Trump won Colorado.

                    1. Exactly GG. The facts are against you. That data is not debunked, and Peters is the distraction. I'm betting you know the number of that radical rule. 

                      No I do not believe Trump won Colorado. Not by a long shot. I never thought he did until that buffoon Griswold tried to get ahead of the story and proactively prevent an audit by changing the rules after the election to cover her tracks. It raised suspicion, as it should for you as well. This storyline is as basic as a scooby-doo mystery and you're falling for the dupe. It only has to last past legal retention/next election and you will be in the clear…

                       

                    2. (Referencing in particular to his Griswold nonsense, but also pertinent to his Dominion blather . . . )

                      Hardly.  Not even close. You’ve got no facts, . . .

                      . . . only becrazed speculation tied to misrepresented circumstances to feed your wild fantasy narrative of presumed guilt and massive conspiracy.

                      When’d you start playing such a crapheaded fool, Negev? You used to be (sometimes) (slightly) better than that.

                  2. Actually, Negev, you brought the issue up and you need to explain it. I don’t have time to wade through a 15 minute video that is clearly intended as a distraction. And you of course sidestepped the issues of the bullshit article.

                    1. OK:

                      -Coomer ran into a building with his truck

                      -He fled the scene and hid from police

                      -He denied and lied to police to avoid penalty

                      – He stood by this lie when confronted with evidence

                      – He ran the election in CO

                      – He is currently confronted with evidence

                      – what should I expect him to do?

                       

                  3. Eric Coomer’s life was threatened every day for months, after the Trump cabal made him and Dominion systems a scapegoat for the former guy’s 2020 election loss. Everyone from the Trump spawn on down was demonizing him. He still gets many threats each day.

                    He had to go into hiding,from where he spoke with Westword reporter Casey Van Divier. 

                    Someone you trained, Negev, would have been arming up and concealed carrying everywhere. And maybe Coomer is. But he ( and Dominion) also used the system and the law to sue for defamation, against the Trumps and the shyster lawyers, the rightie bloviators, etc. And Coomer, Dominion, et all are  winning, because they were in fact defamed. 

                    It’s not surprising that Coomer cracked under all that pressure. We don’t know the whole story of what happened that day, but it wouldn’t be too surprising if he was physically threatened. 
                     

                    What is surprising  is that you’re taking the side of the thugs threatening Coomer. Or maybe that isn’t that surprising at all. 

                    1. For a change, I’m actually agreeing with kwtree.

                      And still waiting, Negev, for your response on the b.s. article from “Showbiz Corner.” I suspect that I shouldn’t be holding my breath waiting.

                      I think those who falsely claim the 2020 election was fraudulent in any way, and those who continue to worship the Trump/Putin bromance, are one and the same.

          4. Please find one voting vendor, independent academic focused on relevant computer science, academic or think tank expert on voting or voting systems, or county clerk NOT named Tina Peters who can clearly communicate what “voting records” are missing.  What congressional member or staff member is convinced by the Peters/Lindell claims?   What “election data” (how many and which people voted, how many votes for a person or position) is gone? 

            if it is such a clear violation of law, can you find a district attorney, attorney general of a state, or federal prosecutor who has reviewed the claims and brought action before a court? Mark Elias claims a 62 and 1 record on cases related to the 2020 election — and the one being a question of whether there was substantial compliance of some voters getting their ballots allowed when they were delivered after a deadline.

            1. Sorry reply was at the bottom…

              Mamma please show me where I side with the people threatening Coomer…. nice “squirrel!” moment there but you have a key player in the process on film lying to police and obstructing justice…. 

              CHB if you can’t take the 15 min video,  just go to the 1:35 mark or so and watch the lying start. The Showbiz link was a left as I could find, as I expected you would shoot the messenger, and predictably ignore the message. 

              JID the mere fact that voter records were manipulated during the 25 month retention period is subject to scrutiny, whether they wiped the records or changed the clock time… doing so during a contested period adds to the skepticism, and changing the rules during that time solidifies doubt. 

              1. You side with the thugs threatening Coomer by amplifying this story to a ridiculous extent, obviously trying to discredit Coomer’s lawsuits because of this truck accident.   I don’t see any condemnation of the hundreds of death threats against Coomer in your posts. Do you condone those threats? Answer directly for once.

                Do we know what happened? Did Coomer have a medical emergency? Was he drunk? Was the truck defective? Was he fleeing from a threat? Certainly people followed him and threatened him daily. It will be interesting to see if you are still promoting this incident when some of those details come out.

                As far as the basic substance of Coomer and Dominion’s lawsuits, it isn’t just me saying he’s right… It’s every court that has seen the cases. Not all claims against all defendants are going forward, but the major ones are.

                Coomer ( and Dominion, Smartmatic, et al) are on the point of winning some large judgments against The Trump Organization, Fox  News, Giuliani, Powell, Mike Lindell, and a host of news outlets that defamed them.  (Court hearings mostly postponed until 2023, though).  A lot of those cases are playing out in Colorado, and this should be a bigger story than it is.

                Colorado Sun has covered the Coomer  / Dominion beat well.

                Many local GOP / media figures,including Randy Corporon, “Chuck and Julie”, Joe Oltmann, etc, have also been sued by Coomer, and stand to benefit by discrediting him.

                If / when Coomer , Dominion, and Smartmatic win these cases, it will be a BFD victory against the right wing “fake news / Big Lie” grift industry. If Coomer can be discredited, a lot of juice goes out of that story.  If he personally can be portrayed as drunk/ crazy/ incompetent, it doesn’t weaken the cases or the evidence, but it makes him less credible as a plaintiff. 

                But you know all that. It’s why you do what you do.

            2. Replying to Negev, since there is no Reply button……..”

              “shoot the messenger and ignore the message…..” I think you’re confused. What “message” in the article? I’ve already offered that it is disorganized. And why would you thing something “a(s) left as I could find….” would appeal to me. 

              Edit: I looked at the 1:35 minutes mark of the video as you suggested. I didn’t see anything other than a confused guy.

              More telling is the Joseph Camp YouTube site that uploaded the 15 minutes video. Camp’s site is mostly far right wing extremist videos.

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