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    • Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme

    Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Candidate Tina Peters speaks during a debate for the state leadership position Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, in Hudson, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
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    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.

    District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters 鈥 after earlier sparring with her for continuing to press discredited claims about rigged voting machines 鈥 that she never took her job seriously.

    鈥淚 am convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You鈥檙e as defiant as any defendant this court has ever seen,鈥 Barrett told her in handing down the sentence. 鈥淵ou are no hero. You abused your position and you鈥檙e a charlatan.鈥

    Jurors found Peters guilty 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鈥檚 identity.

    The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from former President Donald Trump. The discredited claims trace back to Trump himself, whose supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol because of them and who still hints at them in his third run for president.

    At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became 鈥渇ixated鈥 on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.

    A one-time hero to election deniers, Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.

    Before being sentenced, Peters insisted that everything she did to try to unroot what she believed was fraud was for the greater good.

    鈥淚鈥檝e never done anything with malice to break the law. I鈥檝e only wanted to serve the people of Mesa County,鈥 she told the court.

    When Peters pressed on with claims no legal authority has corroborated about 鈥渨ireless devices鈥 and fraud software in voting machines, she drew the judge鈥檚 exasperation. Ballot recounts showed no discrepancies, he pointed out.

    鈥淚鈥檝e let you go on enough about this,鈥 Judge Barrett said. 鈥淭he votes are the votes.鈥

    Later, the judge noted that Peters has kept up public appearances in broadcasts to sympathetic audiences for her own benefit.

    鈥淚t鈥檚 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,鈥 Barrett said.

    Peters had the right to be defiant, he noted, but it was 鈥渃ertainly not helpful for her lot today.鈥

    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.

    It鈥檚 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.

    鈥淚n 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," Crane said. 鈥淪he 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.鈥

    He, his wife and his children have been among those threatened, Crane said.

    In Mesa County 鈥 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 鈥 Peters' 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.

    Also Peters' notoriety has incurred 鈥渦nseen costs鈥 for the area, Davis told the court.

    鈥淲e have a lot of pride in this community but our reputation has taken a hit," Davis said. "Her behavior has made this county a national laughingstock.鈥

    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.

    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鈥檚 election system, and others of stealing votes.

    Colorado won't allow anyone to threaten its elections, Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement in response to Peters' sentencing.

    鈥淐olorado鈥檚 elections are the nation鈥檚 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," Griswold said.

    Attorney General Phil Weiser in a statement called the sentence 鈥渇air and just.鈥

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