May 05, 2023 12:55 PM UTC

Tina Peters Held In Contempt Of Court, Avoids Jail Again

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• by: Colorado Pols

An update in the long and complicated legal proceedings against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters today, as a Mesa County judge ruled Peters in contempt of court stemming from an incident in which Peters illegally recorded court proceedings. The iPad used to record that court hearing became the focus of an obstruction charge Peters was found guilty of in March after Peters tried to physically prevent investigators from getting possession, while today’s hearing was over Peters’ dishonesty regarding the unauthorized video recording.

No jail for Tina Peters, but a $1,500 fine. Her attorney is arguing that’s too high. She could have gotten 6 months in jail. #copolitics

— Charles Ashby (@OldNewsman) May 5, 2023

In a preview of what we can expect from Peters’ main event trial later this year on felony misconduct and impersonation charges related to the theft of Dominion Voting Systems data, her former subordinate employee supplied some of the most damaging testimony:

Two witnesses, including her former deputy clerk Belinda Knisley, said that just after Tina Peters told the judge she wasn’t recording, she said to them: “Even Abraham lied to save Sarah.” Guess God isn’t the only one watching. #copolitics

— Charles Ashby (@OldNewsman) May 5, 2023

Peters was sentenced last month to four months in home detention for the obstruction charge, but no jail time–and even that light sentence was suspended pending appeal. Overall, Peters has enjoyed what can only be called an accommodating legal process despite showing little but contempt for the judiciary system as a defendant. As a candidate for Secretary of State last year, Peters pushed the limits of her pre-trial travel restrictions to the point of nearly being jailed–but in the end was not. The obstruction charge and today’s contempt ruling are both related to Peters’ delusional sense of righteous impunity that in her mind allows her to simply defy lawful authority. That’s the same sense of impunity that led Peters to believe she could steal and distribute proprietary election system software in a failed attempt to prove that Donald Trump should still be President.

Unless Peters sees reason and cops a plea, her main event trial on felony charges is still looming.

Wish Peters a pleasant summer, because it could be her last for some time.