County clerk who tried to prove Trump’s claims gets 9 years for voting-system breach
Judge calls Tina Peters a charlatan, says “prison is the only place” for her.
Tina Peters, a former election official in Colorado’s Mesa County who promoted former President Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories and was responsible for a breach of voting-system security, was sentenced today to nine years in prison.
“Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are serious,” 21st Judicial District Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters, according to The Colorado Sun. “I am convinced you would do it all over again. You are as defiant a defendant as this court has ever seen.” Barrett said that “prison is the only place” for Peters.
“You are no hero,” Barrett also said, according to Colorado Public Radio. “You’re a charlatan who used, and is still using, your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that’s been proven to be junk time and time again.”