Judge called her a ‘charlatan’ whose lies were well-documented
October 3, 2024 2:03 pm
Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday for her role in a 2021 security breach in the elections office she was supposed to oversee.
Peters will spend the next six weeks to six months in the Mesa County Detention Facility before being transferred to the Colorado Department of Corrections, where she will serve her nine-year prison sentence.
21st Judicial District Judge Matthew Barrett opted for a prison sentence, rather than probation, citing the “immeasurable damage” that Peters had done to local elections and trust in the electoral process, her lack of remorse and other factors. Twice during Thursday’s sentencing hearing, Barrett called Peters a “charlatan” who peddled snake oil that has been disproven again and again.
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