7mo ago

Trump election conspiracist Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison by Colorado judge

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Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for crimes related to a breach of her county's voting system.
Peters espoused the false conspiracy theory that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
She was accused of allowing access to the voting system to an expert affiliated with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell, a leading proponent of the Trump election conspiracy theory.

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It was actually pretty interesting to listen to the sentencing. It's about 20 minutes. The judge goes through all of the options at his disposal and discusses his the rationale that he used to arrive at a prison sentence.
He had the option of sentencing her to parole, community service, or incarceration. He then described her as unrepentant, the most defiant defendant the court has ever seen, and a continuing danger to society. He also discussed that he considers how a sentence will act as deterrent for the defendant directly (not at all in this case) and for others who might seek to commit similar crimes as well as punishment. He determined that Mrs Peters would immediately go commit the same crimes again given the opportunity, that community deterrence is important, and that punishment was warranted.
He also went through her mitigating circumstances. He compared her circumstances to the typical defendant that his court sees and characterized her as extremely privileged with few mitigating circumstances and many aggravating ones. He said that she simply sought power, prestige, and wealth without a care for who she harmed. He characterized her as an unrepentant liar and a fraud who lied every chance she got including about why she kicked a police officer while on video.
Based on his rationale, he decided that removing Tina Peter's from the community was in the best interests of the community.
TL/DR The judge didn't like Mrs Peters very much.
- And this is why you STFU as soon as you're indicted, then act contrite after you're convicted, until after your sentencing. What a dumbass, in addition to being a horrible person. I hope she enjoys the FO part of FAFO
  
  She followed the fascists’ lead of doubling down, never admitting to a lie. Not punishing it is how they stay in power, I’m glad the judge in this case recognized that.
- Good. May she be but the first of these traitors who get thrown in prison.
  The country needs a reality check and that likely involves sending a lot of people to prison.
  Hopefully trump will be one of them.
  
  One of the Pride Dudes has already been sentenced to 22 years
  https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/proud-boys-leader-sentenced-22-years-prison-seditious-conspiracy-and-other-charges-related

RIP: Rot in Prison. Traitor.
- Going to prison for 7 years, at 69 years of age. For a crook that probably doesn’t even know her name. smh. The charge should be treason, that’s what she did.
  
  Legally speaking, no. She committed sedition. There were no foreign state actors in her crimes, treason cannot be the charge as it would end in mistrial.
  
  Her sentence is actually 9 years

All these sentences for people who literally tried to subvert our Democracy are light as hell. Slap them for 15 years at a minimum.
- At least they're going to prison. How the fuck is Trump still a free man.
  
  Presumably because he has more power in the form of money and influence.
- I totally agree, for her that's likely a life sentence. I wonder if there isn't some form of psychiatric help some of these people could benefit from. They're all deeply brainwashed. Subjecting them to the people who have been portrayed so long as the enemy might change some minds. Though, I don't know that I'd want to subject minorities to them.
  
  Sometimes, people really do have bad intentions. This is one of those times. They don't need psychiatric help. They need swift justice.
- I mean some people are in prison for longer because the were enjoying some weed.
- These should all have conspiracy for sedition or some such on them. But our legal system is too broken to look at that question.
- She’s 69. Prison isn’t easy at any age. This is likely a life sentence for her.
  
  It doesnt matter. How many others would be down for sedition if she got slapped with a thirty year sentence at her age? Not many.

Imagine going to jail for Trump of all people.
- Its worse because she arguably went to jail for Mike Pillow.
  
  dude needs to go back to doing drugs. This republican christianity stuff is ruining his life.
- She probably thought trump was gonna save her.
  Hopefully these are state charges so even if he does win he can’t pardon her.

She was accused of allowing access to the voting system to an expert affiliated with My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell
I can pretty much guarantee there are no experts associated with Mike Lindell.
- Hey now his old drug dealer is probably an expert in something.
  
  Definitely better than the average American at the metric system. (am American)
- Yeh, but the CYBER! The NINJAS!

So many prison sentences in his wake- none of them are his.
The hallmark of a truly innocent man.

Haha Tina enjoy your time in prison you asshole.

Everything Trump cultists accuse people of is just a confession at this point. There is no point in even entertaining these people. I hope she enjoys her stay in prison.
- At this point, if something upsets them, it might be safer to assume it's either a good thing or a benign one that doesn't really affect anyone (but their "solution" sure will) than it being an actual problem.

- If I was the judge id be trying to figure out how to give her the death sentence for that fucken statement. Seriously I want her to drink white phosphorus.
  
  Ooh this is a juicy screenshot

On the one hand, I'm glad she's going to jail. On the other, I'm annoyed ASF that her main conspirator, the mango Mussolini is still not only walking free, but running for fucking president again.
- Didn't pillow boy help fund her, too?

Fuck this traitorous cunt.
- Better to deny her sex.

I'll just say it. Watching her sentencing video is very enjoyable.
- longer version that includes defense and prosecution arguments as well has her bananas defense of her conduct.
  Starting at 42:31 and going for about 2 minutes is a really stark example of how conspiracy theorists just do not care about the truth and will ignore evidence no matter how obvious.
  Starting at around 1:45:12 and going on for about 2 minutes is a really good example of what not to do if you are speaking to a judge at your own sentencing hearing.
- of course it is. don't be ashamed. embrace the dark side.
  
  Oh I'm not ashamed at all. Inject the schadenfreude directly into my bloodstream.
- This, in the same week the (female) judge struck down Georgia's six-week abortion ban:
  When a fetus growing inside a woman reaches viability, when society can assume care and responsibility for that separate life, then – and only then – may society intervene. An arbitrary six-week ban on (post-embryonic cardiac activity pregnancy) terminations is inconsistent with these rights and the proper balance that a viability rule establishes between a woman’s rights of liberty and privacy and society’s interest in protecting and caring for unborn infants
  I bet that one is getting death threats from the unhinged, as well.

The funny part is, that she believes deep down, if trump wins the election, he will pardon her 😂😂
- He can't, they're state charges not federal...she fuuuked and deservedly so. Of course unless Trump does win and he threatens the state AG I wouldn't put it past him ffs. VOTE BLUE!

Can't this be used to charge Lindell with conspiracy?

Watched the sentencing. Judge was angry forsure
- Well, he did have to put up with her being in the same court room as him. Personally, I feel sorry for the Judge, he didn't deserve this.

She should be glad that the cops didn't decide to give her the Floyd treatment since she was at least resisting arrest, possibly assaulting the officer. They didn't even make her get down on the ground or tase her.
- Nah, they probably go to the same cross burnings. No way they'd do that to one of their own.

Neat, do Trump next. 😤
- you should def hold your breath on that one.

Rather light for treason, but it looks good on her.

May she die of an embarrassing and uncomfortable medical condition exactly 5 minutes before being released.

Biggest of lmaos from me, dumbass Paula Deen lookin hag.

Bye bye, Karen.

You love to see it

And the "expert" was ... ? And that person got what ... ?

Bye Felicia.

Good for her!

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Allowed access to the voting system as in to investigate or as in to tamper? One is hopefully unnecessary but harmless and one is obviously worthy of prison time, in my opinion.
- It is a shame that the article doesn't have those details.
  Oh wait, it does!
  Peters, 68, was convicted by a trial jury in August of seven criminal counts, including attempt to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty, and failure to comply with secretary of state requirements.
  She was accused of using another person’s security badge to allow someone else to gain access to her county’s election system.
  The person who used that badge was affiliated with Mike Lindell, the CEO of My Pillow and a leading proponent of the claim that Trump’s defeat for a second term was due to ballot fraud.
  There is no reason for this kind of access except to tamper, because the system is formally audited by people who don't have to sneak in through illegal access.
  
  Thanks for summing it up for me and no thanks for the hostility! Reminds me of Reddit, so I feel right at home.
  Yep, she should be in prison.
- She was not authorised to allow access, whatever the reason. You don’t get to break the law just because you think you have a reason.
  Regardless, it was to tamper (or to find a way to tamper, more specifically).
  
  I'm not on board with the Law = Morality argument and I doubt you are.
  Gandhi? Rosa Parks? MLK? Would you tell them they shouldn't have broken the law just because they think they have a reason?
- Your opinion is bad and you should feel bad.
  
  Your use of the word "you're" is bad and you should feel bad.
  Edit: We all know what your edit was. Own it.
  
  You don't think she deserves prison? Why?
- From what I gathered in the article, she wasn’t allowed access. She stole someone else’s access card to get in. So, worthy of prison time absolutely.
  
  Yeah I'm very much against that but not nearly as against the idea of transparency in voting.
  The obvious drawback being it could affect the anonymity of voting, which is an essential cornerstone to healthy democracies.

You fucking wacko leftists just. Wont. Stop. Until every single human being who disagrees with you in any way is in jail. Liberalism is a mental disorder.
- This is non-partisan - if a liberal performed these crimes they'd be tried the same, and liberals would support it.
  The only mental disorder here is your victim complex.
- You fucking true patriots just. Wont. Stop. Until every single traitorous criminal is in jail. Conservatism is a mental disorder.
  There. Fixed it for you
- Cry quiet, "steel nomad"
- How many downvotes does it take for someone to realize they don't belong somewhere?
  Let me know when you find out, cause you've been on a fucking roll. It's almost like people don't like you.
- You crazy MAGA traitors just. Wont. Stop. Breaking the law.
  Can’t do the time, don’t do the crime.
  Conservatism is a mental disorder.
- Get a clue moron, maybe if people stopped being literal cartoon villains and trying to commit treason we'd stop sending them to jail.
- Shut the fuck up, you walking shit stain.
- Nope. She LITERALLY broke the law and was found guilty. I can't sum it up any better than the judge.
  I would support this same course of action for ANYONE who does what she did (and continued to do while never once having any proof).
  She is harmful to society and is where she belongs.
  The only thing mental here is the complete loyalty some show towards any political figure. Both sides. You obviously suffer from this as your post shows complete disregard for facts and critical thinking. Best of luck with that.
- Are you having a stroke? Please seek medical help.

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