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Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters is convicted of voter fraud
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Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters is convicted of voter fraud

A former Colorado county clerk and one-time hero of election conspirators is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday for spearheading a data breach scheme inspired by widespread false claims that voter fraud changed the outcome of the 2020 presidential race.

A jury found Tina Peters guilty most of the charges against her in August for orchestrating the security breach in her voting computer system.

Peters was the first election official to be charged in a security breach amid accusations of baseless conspiracies that widespread fraud denied President Donald Trump a second term.

Peters was convicted of allowing a county security card to be misused to give a man linked to My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County voting system and of informing other officials of the latter’s identity person had deceived.

Lindell is a prominent supporter of false claims that voting machines were tampered with stealing that Choice from Trump.

During her trial, prosecutors said Peters was seeking fame and became fixated on election issues after dealing with those who questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.

Peters was accused of raising concerns that fraudulent poll workers sympathetic to partisan lies could use their access and knowledge to attack voting processes from within.

Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, dereliction of duty and failure to obey 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.

Peters has not apologized for what happened.

In a post on the social media platform

“I will continue to fight until the truth that was not allowed to be revealed in this trial is revealed. This is a sad day for our country and the world. But in the end we WILL win,” she said.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser called her conviction a warning that manipulating voting processes will have consequences.

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