Tina Peters, former Mesa County Clerk in Colorado, was sentenced to nine years in prison today, handed down by District Judge Matthew Barrett in a packed Colorado court room.
Peters was convicted by a jury in August on seven counts, including four felonies after she helped facilitate unauthorized access to county voting equipment that she was supposed to safeguard.
Barrett described Peters as privileged compared to the usual defendants he sees, and that she had not shown remorse. He preceded his sentence with a blistering critique of her actions and attitude, calling her an attention-seeking charlatan peddling snake oil “time and time again.”
“I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could,” Barrett said. “You’re as defiant a defendant as this court has seen.”
The investigation into Peters began a little more than three years ago when images taken during a secure update of Mesa County’s voting equipment surfaced online. At the same time, a copy of Mesa County’s hard drive was displayed and discussed at a “cyber symposium” hosted by Pillow Guy Mike Lindell.
