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Election-denying former Colorado clerk guilty of obstruction
https://apnews.com/article/colorado-clerk-tina-peters-election-conspiracy-obstruction-927167c8d3739ad40cfb5c7057f0f412Election-denying former Colorado clerk guilty of obstruction
March 3, 2023
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. Peters was convicted of a misdemeanor obstruction charge for refusing to turn over an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing. Jurors found the former clerk guilty of obstructing government operations but acquitted her of obstructing a peace officer. The case is separate from Peters' alleged involvement in a security break of voting machines. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists was convicted Friday of a misdemeanor obstruction charge for trying to prevent authorities from taking an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing.
The case is separate from Tina Peters’ alleged involvement in a security breach of voting machines.
Jurors found Peters guilty of obstructing government operations but acquitted her of obstructing a peace officer, The Daily Sentinel reported.
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Peters has pleaded not guilty to seven felony charges related to her role in allegedly accessing confidential voting machine data in 2021 while she was clerk. That trial is scheduled for August.
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March 3, 2023
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, Friday, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. Peters was convicted of a misdemeanor obstruction charge for refusing to turn over an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing. Jurors found the former clerk guilty of obstructing government operations but acquitted her of obstructing a peace officer. The case is separate from Peters' alleged involvement in a security break of voting machines. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool)
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists was convicted Friday of a misdemeanor obstruction charge for trying to prevent authorities from taking an iPad she allegedly used to videotape a court hearing.
The case is separate from Tina Peters’ alleged involvement in a security breach of voting machines.
Jurors found Peters guilty of obstructing government operations but acquitted her of obstructing a peace officer, The Daily Sentinel reported.
[...]
Peters has pleaded not guilty to seven felony charges related to her role in allegedly accessing confidential voting machine data in 2021 while she was clerk. That trial is scheduled for August.
[...]