{"id":110352,"date":"2024-10-04T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110352"},"modified":"2024-10-04T16:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T09:02:24","slug":"ex-county-clerk-jailed-for-tampering-with-voting-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=110352","title":{"rendered":"Ex-county clerk jailed for tampering with voting machines"},"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 data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A former Colorado county election official has been sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines after the 2020 presidential election. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Tina Peters, a Republican, was convicted last August on most counts against her in the election interference case.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Peters, 68, helped breach Mesa County&#8217;s election computer systems and allowed an unauthorised individual to access voting equipment and election records.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">She carried out the breach amid unsubstantiated claims that mass voter fraud had caused former President Donald Trump to lose the White House in the last presidential election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">State District Court Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters on Thursday: \u201cYou are no hero. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;You\u2019re a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that\u2019s been proven to be junk time and time again.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He sentenced her to eight-and-a-half years in the Colorado Department of Corrections and additional time in the Mesa County Detention Center. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Peters pleaded not guilty to all charges in 2022, but a jury convicted her on seven of the 10 counts.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Those included 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 class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Tina Peters has been sentenced to nine years of incarceration for her dangerous attempts to break into her own election equipment to prove Trump&#8217;s &#8216;Big Lie&#8217;,&#8221; Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement. &#8220;We will not allow anyone to threaten our elections.&#8221; <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The case marked the first time a local election official was prosecuted over a security beach in the 2020 election.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Peters became &#8220;fixated&#8221; on voting problems after the presidential election, prosecutors said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Investigators also issued a search warrant for MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, a proponent of election fraud claims, in connection to Peters&#8217; case, the BBC&#8217;s US partner CBS News reported.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<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<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:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr75mpkm7nro\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Colorado county election official has been sentenced to nine years in prison for tampering with voting machines after the 2020 presidential election. 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