October 03, 2024 12:25 PM UTC

BREAKING: Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Gets 9 Years

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• by: Colorado Pols

UPDATE #2: It’s been a long road from Mar-a-Lago to locked up for ex-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters:

At Mar-a-Lago in 2022, Trump called Tina Peters a “rock star,” praised her work investigating his false election claims, and said he would look at endorsing her.

Peters was just sentenced to 9 years in prison for illegally hacking voting systems.

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— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) October 3, 2024

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UPDATE: Colorado Public Radio:

Ahead of sentencing, Peters asked 21st Judicial District Judge Matthew Barrett for probation. She said she recognized the jury’s decision but that the jury wasn’t allowed to hear other evidence she wanted to present. That evidence was largely tied to conspiracies about Dominion Voting Machines, which were ruled inadmissible.

As he handed down the sentence, Barrett said Peters is privileged compared to the usual defendants he sees, and that she had not shown remorse. He preceded his sentence with a blistering critique of her actions and attitude, calling her an attention-seeking charlatan peddling snake oil “time and time again.”

“I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could,” Barrett said. “You’re as defiant a defendant as this court has seen.”  [Pols emphasis]

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That’s the live word from the sentencing hearing just concluded: former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, convicted in August on 7 counts including official misconduct, attempting to influence a public servant, and conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation stemming from a failed attempt to supply evidence that the 2020 presidential election was compromised, was sentenced today to a total of 9 years in prison.

We’ll update shortly with coverage.