{"id":110165,"date":"2024-10-04T04:43:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110165"},"modified":"2024-10-04T04:43:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T21:43:52","slug":"tina-peters-former-colorado-clerk-sentenced-9-years-for-voting-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110165","title":{"rendered":"Tina Peters, former Colorado clerk, sentenced 9 years for voting scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p>District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters \u2014 after earlier sparring with her for continuing to press discredited claims about rigged voting machines \u2014 that she never took her job seriously.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You\u2019re as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen,\u201d Barrett told her in handing down the sentence. \u201cYou are no hero. You abused your position and you\u2019re a charlatan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tina-peters-election-computer-breach-8a171657321dd595dfd2dd81e0a0a848\">Jurors found Peters guilty<\/a><\/span> in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AudioEnhancement\" data-separate-event=\"audioModule\" data-separate-value=\"AP AUDIO: Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"AP AUDIO: Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<p>    <a class=\"AnchorLink\" id=\"ap-audio-former-colorado-county-clerk-tina-peters-sentenced-to-9-years-for-voting-data-scheme\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"AudioEnhancement-description\">AP correspondent Norman Hall reports a former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to 9 years in a voting data scheme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a prominent promoter of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-settlement-election-lies-fda05a63a1af8a111ce1efba024b88a0\">false claims that voting machines were manipulated<\/a><\/span> to steal the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-michael-pence-electoral-college-elections-health-2d9bd47a8bd3561682ac46c6b3873a10\">election<\/a><\/span> from former President Donald Trump. The discredited claims trace back to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-jack-smith-election-supreme-court-0b9969b480036bb1f7c61a73980d406c\">Trump himself,<\/a><\/span> whose supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol because of them and who <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rnc-trump-stolen-election-claims-6b3bdc8c0b69cf1b9311068ee6cdae8c\">still hints at them<\/a><\/span> in his third run for president.<\/p>\n<p>At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became \u201cfixated\u201d on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.<\/p>\n<p>A one-time hero to election deniers, Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Before being sentenced, Peters insisted that everything she did to try to unroot what she believed was fraud was for the greater good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never done anything with malice to break the law. I\u2019ve only wanted to serve the people of Mesa County,\u201d she told the court.<\/p>\n<p>When Peters pressed on with claims no legal authority has corroborated about \u201cwireless devices\u201d and fraud software in voting machines, however, she drew the judge\u2019s exasperation. Ballot recounts showed no discrepancies, he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve let you go on enough about this,\u201d Judge Barrett said. \u201cThe votes are the votes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later, the judge noted that Peters has kept up public appearances in broadcasts to sympathetic audiences for her own benefit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just more lies. No objective person believes them. No, at the end of the day, you cared about the jets, the podcasts and people fawning over you,\u201d Barrett said.<\/p>\n<p>Peters had the right to be defiant, he noted, but it was \u201ccertainly not helpful for her lot today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The breach led by Peters heightened concerns that rogue election workers sympathetic to partisan lies could use their access and knowledge to attack voting processes from within.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s impossible to overestimate the damage Peters has done to other election workers in Colorado and elsewhere, Colorado County Clerks Association director Matt Crane told the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a real and specific way, her actions have led directly to death threats and general threats to the lives and the families of the people who work in our elections,\u201d Crane said. \u201cShe has willingly aided individuals in our country who believe that violence is a way to make a point. She has knowingly fueled a fire within others who choose threats as a means to get their way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He, his wife and his children have been among those threatened, Crane said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In Mesa County \u2014 a scenic, mostly rural area on the Colorado Western Slope known for its peaches, vineyards and mountain biking as well as oil and gas drilling \u2014 Peters\u2019 actions have cost the local government $1.4 million in legal fees and lost employee time, County Commissioner Cody Davis estimated at the sentencing hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Also Peters\u2019 notoriety has incurred \u201cunseen costs\u201d for the area, Davis told the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of pride in this community but our reputation has taken a hit,\u201d Davis said. \u201cHer behavior has made this county a national laughingstock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>She was found not guilty of identity theft, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation and one count of criminal impersonation. Yet she persisted on social media to accuse Colorado-based Dominion Voting Systems, which made her county\u2019s election system, and others of stealing votes.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado won\u2019t allow anyone to threaten its elections, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement in response to Peters\u2019 sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cColorado\u2019s elections are the nation\u2019s gold standard. I am proud of how we have responded to the first insider elections breach in the nation and look forward to another secure and successful election in November,\u201d Griswold said.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Phil Weiser in a statement called the sentence \u201cfair and just.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/tina-peters-colorado-clerk-election-vote-fraud-b456ce4f80dc97f4b967eb6297311a51\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110165\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}