"The governor has insisted that Peters' actions were not related to the 2020 election. This was after the 2021 it was a small municipal election in the town, Polis said on Friday's edition of The Source on CNN. The results were counted. No ballots were compromised. But she went in and illegally copied, tried to copy software before an update came. So, nothing to do with President Trump's election. Polis even went as far as to say that Peters' case had nothing to do with the 2020 election."
"Cohen called the governor's claim highly misleading: This is highly misleading, and misses the big picture about her case. Polis is correct that Peters' specific crimes were not about the 2020 election. She was never accused of manipulating 2020 votes or trying to directly overturn the results. Her crimes official misconduct, failing to comply with election rules, and more all occurred long after Trump left office in 2021."
"But evidence from the trial established that these crimes were inspired by, and meant to help, the 2020 election denier movement. Peters conspired with associates of MyPillow CEO Mike Lin"
Tina Peters, a former Mesa County clerk convicted in 2024 on seven counts for conspiring to breach county voting systems in 2021, was sentenced to nine years after a judge criticized her lack of remorse. Colorado Governor Jared Polis granted clemency, ordering her release on June 1, following repeated demands from President Donald Trump. Polis said Peters’ actions were not related to the 2020 election, describing the 2021 municipal election as having results counted without compromised ballots and stating Peters illegally copied software before an update. CNN’s fact check said the claim was highly misleading, noting Peters was not accused of manipulating 2020 votes directly, but that trial evidence showed her crimes were inspired by and intended to support the 2020 election-denier movement.
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