Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
  • Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes related to a breach of her county’s voting system.
  • Peters espoused the false conspiracy theory that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
  • She was accused of allowing access to the voting system to an expert affiliated with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, a leading proponent of the Trump election conspiracy theory.

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  • Kalysta@lemm.ee
    3·
    3 months ago

    She’s 69. Prison isn’t easy at any age. This is likely a life sentence for her.

    • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It doesnt matter. How many others would be down for sedition if she got slapped with a thirty year sentence at her age? Not many.