Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.
  • 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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  • Raiderkev@lemmy.world
    33·
    3 months ago

    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.

  • Nougat@fedia.io
    51·
    3 months ago

    And the “expert” was … ? And that person got what … ?

  • steel_nomad@lemmy.world
    166·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • UnhingedFridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • Nastybutler@lemmy.world
      291·
      3 months ago

      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

    • Feathercrown@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      3 months ago

      Get a clue moron, maybe if people stopped being literal cartoon villains and trying to commit treason we’d stop sending them to jail.

    • Lulzagna@lemmy.world
      32·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • Charlatan@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
      131·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • Weirdmusic@lemmy.world
      6·
      3 months ago

      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.

    • DigitalNirvana@lemm.ee
      71·
      3 months ago

      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.

  • RattlerSix@lemmy.world
    351·
    3 months ago

    The judge really have her hell, it’s worth reading. Another article by The Guardian had this gem:

    “She also told the judge she cannot go to prison because she needs to sleep on a magnetic mattress, which she has been using since 1995 to help with health conditions such as chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia.”

  • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    67·
    3 months ago

    All these sentences for people who literally tried to subvert our Democracy are light as hell. Slap them for 15 years at a minimum.

    • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      3 months ago

      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.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        3 months ago

        Sometimes, people really do have bad intentions. This is one of those times. They don’t need psychiatric help. They need swift justice.

        • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
          181·
          3 months ago

          There’s no doubt she had bad intentions. The government is full of people with bad intentions. Taken at face value, somewhere between 40% and 60% of the US has bad intentions. Does that mean we’re almost half evil or that a lot of us are programmed horribly?

          My father, born and raised in Appalachia, was born into racism. Met a black guy, he was nice to my dad. Over the years my dad liked him and considered him a friend. Years later he recounts that this guy was one of the good N’s. JFC dad, where do I start? It’s not that an entire race of people is bad; you’ve been lied to your whole life and watch news that perpetuates that lie. It’s the same overall story with an Indian guy from work who shared some of his family’s curry with him. “He’s one of the good ones…” He votes with the republicans because of “all these horrible minorities waving flags on top buildings”. He’s only ever met a couple and says they’re good. He’s not evil, he’s just been lied to his whole life and has never been exposed to enough minorities to get de-programmed. Would he throw a box of democratic votes in the river if no one was looking? His friends, neighbors, and politicians are telling him he’s going to get overrun and shot by minorities if the left keeps winning. He might. Thankfully, he’ll never be in that position, but their programming is intensely strong.

          • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            61·
            3 months ago

            Your father has bad intentions, doesn’t matter how he got them. There is no deprogramming going on. No one is making an effort to educate these people. If anything, this polarization will get worse. Best case scenario is education gets fixed and this hysteria is buried over time.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
      4·
      3 months ago

      These should all have conspiracy for sedition or some such on them. But our legal system is too broken to look at that question.

    • Kalysta@lemm.ee
      31·
      3 months ago

      She’s 69. Prison isn’t easy at any age. This is likely a life sentence for her.

      • Sanctus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        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.