Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, hero to election deniers, convicted in election computer breach

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Source: AP

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, hero to election deniers, convicted in election computer breach

DENVER (AP) — Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, was found guilty by a jury on most charges Monday in a breach of her county’s election computer system.

Peters was accused of using someone else’s security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system. Prosecutors said she was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the 2020 presidential election results.

The case marked the first prosecution of a local election official over a suspected security breach amid the conspiracy theories that swirled around the 2020 election. It heightened concerns over potential insider threats, in which rogue election workers sympathetic to partisan lies could use their access and knowledge to launch an attack from within.

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...

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tina-peters-election-computer-breach-8a171657321dd595dfd2dd81e0a0a848

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[CrispyQ]

1. Good!! -nt

[AllaN01Bear]

22. i second that . fine fellow ? no.

[moonshinegnomie]

2. now that shes a convicted felon she wont need to worry about elections anymore

since shes cant vote as one

[bluestarone]

8. Wonder if, she appeals this can she vote this year?

Hope not.

[PatrickforB]

12. Colorado allows felons to vote after they have served their sentences.

Now, she will have a sentencing hearing coming up, and prior to that I also believe she can vote.

However, if she is incarcerated at the time of the election, she will not be able to vote.

[JoseBalow]

13. Felons who have served their sentence can vote in Colorado

So can people on probation and parole.

https://coloradosun.com/2024/08/12/can-people-convicted-of-felonies-vote-in-colorado/

[Tadpole Raisin]

3. I saw she could receive 'up to 22 years.' I hate when

Reporters say what the max penalty could be by taking the max for each count and adding it up like it will be served consecutively instead of concurrently.

They do it every time!! The only people who get that kind of max sentence are mass murderers who get life for each count + 240 years.

Guessing 2-4 years. She better act contrite unless she wants more.

[moreland01]

7. Whatever the sentence is

she'll be a felon and won't be able to vote again until she's served her entire sentence including parole.

Despite the fact that she is a "first time offender", I'm hoping the court doesn't go easy on her because a) she knew that what she was doing was illegal, b) she abused her office as an elected official, and c) she still does not admit guilt and is still claiming she did nothing wrong and d) she knows that her job requires her to act in her official capacity as a nonpartisan administrator of elections.

As an elected County Clerk, she has sowed doubt in our election system simply because she is a partisan hack. Hope they throw the book at her as a lesson for those considering repeating what she did in Nov 2024.

[Tadpole Raisin]

9. You're right. Betraying public trust should have a higher price.

From your lips to the judge’s gavel!!

[BumRushDaShow]

4. FINALLY

And people swirling around her case are still swirling.



ETA - recap

[Tadpole Raisin]

11. My god what an arrogant slimy weasel! Never saw that before. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

28. Such a false sense of entitlement...

I don't throw around the "Karen" moniker a lot, but it applies in this case.

She is an überKaren.

[SarcasticSatyr]

5. I guess it's time ....

to Lock her up.

[bluestarone]

6. Hopefully she will NEVER be allowed near any voting location.

PLUS PRISON time!!

[Jim__]

10. Good news!

[PatrickforB]

14. I have to say that this AP article is really crummy reporting. When someone is convicted, don't we

want to know:

A. What counts she was convicted of in detail, and whether they are felonies or misdemeanors.
B. What she could be sentenced to.
C. When the sentencing hearing will be.

The reporter that wrote this piece just meandered around the story without telling us anything of substance.

Shame on AP along with the other media for going downhill like they have.

It's like their senior editors care more about profits than they do about truth in news. Who'd have thunk it?

[PortTack]

16. To be sentenced 10/12

[niyad]

17. Colorado public radio on their website has the relevant information.

[PortTack]

15. Pay attention election deniers on election boards! The orange turd is not going to help you and you will go to jail!

[FakeNoose]

21. Everything Chump touches ...

[PortTack]

31. Perfect meme!

[RussBLib]

29. Trump has lots of willing patsies out there

...sucks that he can get other people to do his dirty work for him. I guess we just have to keep putting them behind bars until the other zombies sit up and take notice.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[AlexSFCA]

18. she is facing up to 20 years in prison - may she rot and die there (she is 68 now).

[oasis]

19. Lock her up and all co-conspirators. And by

co-conspirators, I mean ALL co-conspirators.

[COL Mustard]

20. FAFO

She fucked around…now she’ll get to find out!

[dchill]

23. I have misplaced my microscopically tiny violin!

Oh no! 😯

[oldmanlynn]

24. She needs a stiff sentence

What she needs is a stiff sentence like 10 years in jail for doing this to send a message to all the other election deniers thinking there might be an opportunity for them

[rpannier]

25. Good for the state of Colorado

Happy at least they're willing to go after these people

[Wednesdays]

26. She's now in the final phase of FAFO.

[LudwigPastorius]

27. Lock Her Up

Another dumbass goes to jail for Trump.

Give her the full 20 years for messing with the very fabric of our democracy.

[jgo]

30. Possible sentence

From X (twitter) - can't vouch for whether it is accurate or not - the breakdown of the seven guilty counts:

Counts 1, 2 and 4 - three counts of attempting to influence a public servant
Counts 1, 2 and 4 have a sentencing range of 2-6 years each.

Count 6 - conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation
Count 6 - 12-18 months.

Counts 8, 9 & 10 - first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty, and failing to comply with the secretary of state.
Counts 8, 9 & 10 - 90-364 days each.