By Michael Woyton
The Colorado county clerk who gave voting system access to an expert affiliated with Mike Lindell in order to prove the false conspiracy theory that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election because of ballot fraud was sentenced Thursday to prison.
Mesa County clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for seven criminal counts, including attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty and failing to comply with requirements of the secretary of state, CNBC reported.
She was convicted in August by a jury trial.
District Court Judge Matthew Barrett in his sentencing statement told Peters, who is in her late 60s, that she had remained defiant during the trial, her reputation in the community was poor and her lies were well documented.
The judge’s comments begin on the YouTube video below at approximately 2:40:00.
He said that, while Peters said she never wanted this attention, “you crave it” and that she lived in an echo chamber in she could never be wrong.
Judge Barrett said that Peters peddled a snake oil that has been proven wrong time and time again.
“You are no hero,” he said just before outlining her time in prison for each criminal count.
For her part, Peters asked the court for probation, saying she “did not do it to disrespect the court or the law.” Her complete address to the court can be viewed beginning approximately at 1:36:00 in the above YouTube video.
Peters was convicted by a jury of allowing a security breach of the Mesa County election system after buying into baseless claims of voter fraud.
She gave someone affiliated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell access to the software used by the county for the 2020 election, ABC News reported, with screenshots of the software appearing on right-wing websites.
Peters became a poster child for election fraud conspiracy theories about election fraud after the 2020 election and has held a number of election denial events with Lindell.
Lead art: Screen grab from 9NEWS YouTube video
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