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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 03:17 PM Mar 2022

County Clerk Who Pushed the 'Big Lie' Is Indicted for Election Data Breach

Source: thedailybeast.com

Mesa County, Colorado Clerk Tina Peters and her deputy clerk Belinda Knisley were indicted on a combined 16 counts on Tuesday night for their alleged involvement in a breach of Mesa County voter data. The indictment, announced Wednesday morning, accuses Peters and Knisley of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiring to commit the same offense, violation of duty, and failing to comply with the secretary of state. Peters also faces charges of attempting to influence a public servant, criminal impersonation, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, identify theft, first-degree official misconduct. Seven of her charges are felonies.

The pair are accused of an elaborate scheme to access voting machines, which were under their office’s care in May 2021. They allegedly plotted to turn off security cameras that monitored the machines, and allowed an unauthorized person to access those machines once security footage went dark. In August, voter information from the machines appeared online, published by conspiracy theorists like Ron Watkins. Peters soon became a regular on the conspiracy circuit, speaking at MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's “cyber symposium” on supposed voter fraud. (The leaked data did not show election malfeasance.) The indictments recommend the pair be held without bail.

An initial press release from the Mesa County District Attorney stated that Peters had been indicted on 11 counts. The office later clarified that was indicted on 10 counts.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/mesa-county-clerk-tina-peters-deputy-clerk-belinda-knisley-indicted-for-felony-election-data-breach



Peters was indicted on 10 counts.








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County Clerk Who Pushed the 'Big Lie' Is Indicted for Election Data Breach (Original Post) L. Coyote Mar 2022 OP
K&R chowder66 Mar 2022 #1
We have Mesa County to "thank" for Boebert William Seger Mar 2022 #2
"Investigation ongoing and further arrests expected." L. Coyote Mar 2022 #6
"I'd be real nervous if I was Ron Watkins right now." Will Q be arrested? L. Coyote Mar 2022 #32
Thanks for that about Rifle being in Mesa Co Cha Mar 2022 #14
"You're hurting me" is the opposite end of "Stop resisting" neither are believable. /nt sdfernando Mar 2022 #3
Here are the arrest warrants for both #TinaPeters and Belinda Knisley. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #4
Consequences indeed! leftieNanner Mar 2022 #5
"without bail" is what I read. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #8
Stew in jail on what got you Cha Mar 2022 #15
Can you film campaign ads in jail? L. Coyote Mar 2022 #17
Ooh Jeeze! Was this right Cha Mar 2022 #18
You can still smell the ink fumes L. Coyote Mar 2022 #20
lol JHC.. "Trust"? "Principle"?! Cha Mar 2022 #25
"You know what I am? I'm a crime magnet!" The Pig-Pen of CO politics, except L. Coyote Mar 2022 #33
Neither can I! A cozy little Cha Mar 2022 #34
Schadenfreude Faux pas Mar 2022 #7
That's what we call a good start Hekate Mar 2022 #9
I wonder if Boebert will be ensnared. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #10
Would be so nice to think so. Boebert is one toxic woman. nt Hekate Mar 2022 #12
She's not a woman inthewind21 Mar 2022 #21
She & Empty Greene really need some pom-poms and chewing gum for their act... Hekate Mar 2022 #22
Stupid cheezy Cheaters.. Cha Mar 2022 #11
I hope they can survive their 2 months of probation n/t hibbing Mar 2022 #13
Guess Tina will have to put her campaign for CO Secretary of State on hold for a while. crickets Mar 2022 #16
Ooops.. what's a pesky Cha Mar 2022 #19
remember right the pillow guy hid her for awhile ? monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #24
Mike Pillow needs to be indicted too. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #27
thank's - guess memory still work's !! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #31
Bond To Be Set At $500,000 Cash L. Coyote Mar 2022 #23
Right.. Tina Peters will get out Cha Mar 2022 #26
CO GOP calls on Peters to suspend campaign ..... because DA is a Republican. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #28
SMH! Too Rich! lol "Suspend Cha Mar 2022 #29
Awesome! BlueJac Mar 2022 #30
was Boebert elected legally? RussBLib Mar 2022 #35
Plenty of speculation they tampered with Boebert's election. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #36
Is she still running for Secretary of state? sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #37
She just posted her campaign video & is accused of violating the law she is running to administer. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #38

William Seger

(10,787 posts)
2. We have Mesa County to "thank" for Boebert
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 03:27 PM
Mar 2022

... and the Rs there loved her State of the Union performance art.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
6. "Investigation ongoing and further arrests expected."
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 03:44 PM
Mar 2022

Tina Peters was at Mike Lindell's event with Lauren Boebert's former campaign manager Sherronna Bishop.






L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
32. "I'd be real nervous if I was Ron Watkins right now." Will Q be arrested?
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:03 PM
Mar 2022

Watkins "fought hard to fix 2020." Yeah, Ron, that could be a huge problem for you.









Cha

(297,818 posts)
14. Thanks for that about Rifle being in Mesa Co
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:19 PM
Mar 2022

Of course the Magats did..

Not everyone in Boebert’s constituency loves her outlandish behaviour. Far from it, in fact.

'Lower than snakes***': Lauren Boebert's State of the Union antics are catching up with her at home

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016316249

Cha

(297,818 posts)
15. Stew in jail on what got you
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:35 PM
Mar 2022

there, Tina Peters.

You and all the Cheaters are The Big Steal.. you got Caught Cheating.

Cha

(297,818 posts)
18. Ooh Jeeze! Was this right
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:44 PM
Mar 2022

before ol Tina Peters got Indicted?

She didn't know it was coming? Or care? What's an indictment if you're a magat.

Rt TY!

Cha

(297,818 posts)
25. lol JHC.. "Trust"? "Principle"?!
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:54 PM
Mar 2022

Fucking Gaslit Sociopath.. Fucking Moron!

I hope she fucking Goes Down in Flames!

I was born and raised in Denver and Eastern Colorado.. I'm taking tis personally!

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
33. "You know what I am? I'm a crime magnet!" The Pig-Pen of CO politics, except
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:15 PM
Mar 2022

"the dust of ancient civilizations" is instead "the inescapable dirt of the Big Lie." She just can't shake it, one crime after another sticks to her.

I can't wait to see who else in this comic entourage gets indicted.

Cha

(297,818 posts)
34. Neither can I! A cozy little
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:57 PM
Mar 2022

nest of cockroaches and snakes there in Mesa Co, Colorado

Mesa County clerk ordered to court for allegedly lying to judge

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A judge issued an order Wednesday telling Tina Peters, the clerk and recorder for western Colorado's Mesa County, to appear in court March 31 to explain why she should not be held in contempt and sanctioned.


https://www.kunc.org/politics/2022-03-04/mesa-county-clerk-ordered-to-court-for-allegedly-lying-to-judge

Tina Peters "Lie"!? I googled Mesa Co, CO and this came up.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
10. I wonder if Boebert will be ensnared.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 03:50 PM
Mar 2022

With search warrants executed on some many BBFs, the evidence no doubt leads down a few new paths we have yet to hear about.


Hekate

(90,879 posts)
22. She & Empty Greene really need some pom-poms and chewing gum for their act...
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:53 PM
Mar 2022

They can crack their gum in unison when not jumping around hooting at solemn occasions.

Cha

(297,818 posts)
11. Stupid cheezy Cheaters..
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 04:09 PM
Mar 2022

So grateful Tina Peter's, Sandra Brown, and Belinda Knisley, got Caught.

Brainwashed magatraitor.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
27. Mike Pillow needs to be indicted too.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:18 PM
Mar 2022

Peters flew on Pillow Lindell's private jet flying to his SD snooze fest, and that's when Colorado Secretary of State served the elections department offices of Tina Peters with a search warrant. “When I was on a plane to come see you kind folks,” said Peters, “they provided a search warrant and raided my office. I’ve been persecuted."

People were saying she was hiding under a pile of pillows.






She was arrested on an unrelated matter, filming a court proceeding.


 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
31. thank's - guess memory still work's !!
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 06:01 PM
Mar 2022

aiding & abetting , obstruction of justice, avoiding prosecution & yada ,yada !! time for Lindell to have some fun with the law ?

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
28. CO GOP calls on Peters to suspend campaign ..... because DA is a Republican.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:24 PM
Mar 2022

Damn, that is one very rude qualifier! Party affiliation determines if law enforcement matters, talk about not surprised GOP would imply this.


Cha

(297,818 posts)
29. SMH! Too Rich! lol "Suspend
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 05:52 PM
Mar 2022

her campaign while she's being charged by a Repub DA.."!

IOW.. she'd be tainting the race and maybe a Dem would win the GE.

I'm betting the plot will only get thicker and more Bizarre!

Thank You for Following Up on this Tina Peters tale, Coyote!

RussBLib

(9,044 posts)
35. was Boebert elected legally?
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:24 PM
Mar 2022

with such a nest of crooks, should we be suspicious of the election result?

GOP is the party of election fraud.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
36. Plenty of speculation they tampered with Boebert's election.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:57 PM
Mar 2022

Boebert passed her GED a few months before her election, so I doubt she could do it herself. Some of the speculation is they were hiding something rather than trying to find something.



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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
38. She just posted her campaign video & is accused of violating the law she is running to administer.
Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:30 PM
Mar 2022

Announced she would run a month ago. Had to know at the time indictment was coming.

Snowflakes Bannon & Lindell had an epic meltdown today.

... Lindell raged at the Colorado judge who set Peters's bail so high that she will now have to spend at least one night in jail.

"Tina Peters is a Gold Star mother!" Lindell fumed. "She's never broken a law in her life, she's never spent one minute in jail!"

Bannon concurred with Lindell's assessment and, if anything, appeared even more angry.

"The people who did this: Your names will live in shame forever!" he thundered. "And we're going to make sure they do! To have a Gold Star mother have to spend the night in jail because of her service as a public servant, and election that we're going to prove was stolen... It's revolting!" .....

This part is pure gold, "we're going to prove was stolen." Brilliant admission of her guilt.
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