Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters found guilty of rigging 2020 election

• Tina Peters Found Guilty of Election Violation.
• Used someone else’s credentials for illegal access.
• Linked to baseless conspiracy theories.

A jury found Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk guilty on most of the charges against her this Monday.

She became the first local election official charged with a security breach related to the 2020 elections.

Peters emerged as a prominent figure among election deniers, who claimed, without evidence, that the 2020 presidential elections were manipulated to favor Joe Biden.

Peters’ conviction marks a milestone in the fight against conspiracy theories that have proliferated in the United States following Donald Trump’s electoral defeat.

Tina Peters guilty of manipulation in the 2020 elections

The jury found her guilty of using another person’s security credential to grant access to Mesa County’s electoral system to an expert affiliated with Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow and a fervent supporter of electoral fraud theories.

Lindell has been one of the main promoters of the false narrative that voting machines were tampered with to steal the election from Trump, according to The Associated Press.

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Since the beginning of the trial, her online streaming site has broadcast live coverage of the proceedings, sending daily email updates, often requesting prayers for Peters and sharing her statements.

Prosecutors argued that Peters sought notoriety and became “obsessed” with alleged voting issues after getting involved with individuals who questioned the legitimacy of the election results.

Tina Peters was accused of orchestrating heightened concern about potential internal threats where corrupt partisan sympathizing election workers could use their access and knowledge to launch an inside attack.

She was also found guilty of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, breach of duty, and failure to comply with the secretary of state.

She was found not guilty of identity theft, one charge of conspiracy to commit impersonation, and one charge of impersonation.

Rejecting that in those cases Peters had used the identity of the security badge owner, a local man named Gerald Wood, without his permission.

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