A former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for leading a scheme to breach voting system data in her county

A judge sentenced a former Colorado county clerk to nine years behind bars Thursday for leading a voting system data-breach scheme inspired by the rampant false claims that fraud altered the 2020 presidential outcome.

Judge Matthew Barrett handed down the sentence after jurors found Tina Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access to the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity.

The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Trump.

  • Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Federal? I think it’s state prison for state crimes isn’t it? I sure hope she serves her sentence in the worst state prison in CO.

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      15 hours ago

      I’m actually not sure of he said state or federal prison. I thought he said federal. I expect you’re right, though, that it is county jail, then state prison.