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Mon Aug 12, 2024, 08:53 PM Aug 2024

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, hero to election deniers, convicted in election computer breach [View all]

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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Good!! -nt CrispyQ Aug 2024 #1
i second that . fine fellow ? no. AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #22
now that shes a convicted felon she wont need to worry about elections anymore moonshinegnomie Aug 2024 #2
Wonder if, she appeals this can she vote this year? bluestarone Aug 2024 #8
Colorado allows felons to vote after they have served their sentences. PatrickforB Aug 2024 #12
Felons who have served their sentence can vote in Colorado JoseBalow Aug 2024 #13
I saw she could receive 'up to 22 years.' I hate when Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #3
Whatever the sentence is moreland01 Aug 2024 #7
You're right. Betraying public trust should have a higher price. Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #9
FINALLY BumRushDaShow Aug 2024 #4
My god what an arrogant slimy weasel! Never saw that before. nt Tadpole Raisin Aug 2024 #11
Such a false sense of entitlement... LudwigPastorius Aug 2024 #28
I guess it's time .... SarcasticSatyr Aug 2024 #5
Hopefully she will NEVER be allowed near any voting location. bluestarone Aug 2024 #6
Good news! Jim__ Aug 2024 #10
I have to say that this AP article is really crummy reporting. When someone is convicted, don't we PatrickforB Aug 2024 #14
To be sentenced 10/12 PortTack Aug 2024 #16
Colorado public radio on their website has the relevant information. niyad Aug 2024 #17
Pay attention election deniers on election boards! The orange turd is not going to help you and you will go to jail! PortTack Aug 2024 #15
Everything Chump touches ... FakeNoose Aug 2024 #21
Perfect meme! PortTack Aug 2024 #31
Trump has lots of willing patsies out there RussBLib Aug 2024 #29
she is facing up to 20 years in prison - may she rot and die there (she is 68 now). AlexSFCA Aug 2024 #18
Lock her up and all co-conspirators. And by oasis Aug 2024 #19
FAFO COL Mustard Aug 2024 #20
I have misplaced my microscopically tiny violin! dchill Aug 2024 #23
She needs a stiff sentence oldmanlynn Aug 2024 #24
Good for the state of Colorado rpannier Aug 2024 #25
She's now in the final phase of FAFO. Wednesdays Aug 2024 #26
Lock Her Up LudwigPastorius Aug 2024 #27
Possible sentence jgo Aug 2024 #30
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