Trump MAGA supporter who messed with election data is going away for a long time - nj.com

Skip to ArticleSet weatherBack To Main MenuCloseQuick Look-Change your current location »Current -Mostly SunnyTonightLow -Mostly SunnyTomorrowHigh -Mostly SunnyView full weather reportAll Access + the daily online newspaper – Start today for $1PoliticsTrump MAGA supporter who messed with election data is going away for a long timeUpdated: Oct. 03, 2024, 7:58 p.m.|Published: Oct. 03, 2024, 3:25 p.m.FILE - Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)APBy Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.comA 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.A jury found Tina Peters guilty in August for allowing a man to misuse a security card to access the Mesa County election system and for being deceptive about that person’s identity.“Your lies are well documented, and these convictions are serious,” District Judge Matthews Barrett said. “I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could. You’re as defiant as a defendant as this Court has never seen.”The man was affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell, who is a prominent promoter of false claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the election from Donald Trump. His online broadcasting site has been showing a livestream of Peters’ trial and sending out daily email updates, sometimes asking for prayers for Peters and including statements from her.Lindell has not been charged in the case.At trial, prosecutors said Peters, a Republican, was seeking fame and became “fixated” on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the presidential election results.Peters has been unapologetic about what happened.Last month, she raged online over the case and “people not speaking out on elections.”Peters wrote: ““This will be the last time I will tag @TuckerCarlson @dbongino@rustyrockets and anyone else I see that are not speaking out on elections and Those that are not brave enough to call out [S]elections for the FOUNDATIONAL reason for EVERY problem we are facing: Fentanyl, Violence,Borders, Wars, Trafficking and unrighteous laws Update on the Tina Peters elections Whistleblower case. OCTOBER 3rd sentencing 4Felonies 3 misdemeanors for doing her duty and exposing crimes.”Trump critic Ron Filipkowski quipped, “Heading to prison and your old friends have abandoned you. All part of the MAGA experience.”Heading to prison and your old friends have abandoned you. All part of the MAGA experience. pic.twitter.com/qX1ckAoXZ5— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 3, 2024

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Hopefully a timely reminder for anyone thinking about pulling the same shit next month.