Four days after threatening to use nonexistent powers to halt nationwide mail voting and voting-machine use, Donald Trump demanded the release of Tina Peters on Truth Social, calling her a "brave and innocent Patriot" and vowing "harsh measures" if she was not freed. Colorado uses voting machines and universal mail ballots; Peters was convicted by a jury of felony crimes for unauthorized access to county election machines and leaking secured data to election denier Mike Lindell. Peters, a onetime Mesa County clerk and failed candidate for secretary of state, repeatedly promoted unfounded conspiracy theories. A Colorado judge called her "no hero" and a "charlatan."
FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting the governor of the State. Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW. She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sick. If she is not released, I am going to take harsh measures!!!
In reality, Peters is a serial fabulist who throughout her brief career (she was elected to one term as Mesa County clerk in 2018 and ran unsuccessfully for secretary of State in 2022) has constantly promoted unfounded conspiracy theories. The felonious stunt for which she was convicted involved unauthorized access to her county's election machines to secure data, which was then leaked to election denier Mike Lindell.
She's been something of a walking, talking scandal for her fellow Republicans; the prosecutor in her criminal case was an elected Republican. While sentencing Peters, Colorado judge Matthew Barrett focused on her incorrigibility: State District Court Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters on Thursday: "You are no hero." "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."
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