A Colorado jury on Monday found a former county election official guilty of seven charges connected to allowing a purported computer expert to copy election data from her office as Donald Trump and his allies spread false claims that the 2020 election was stolen and searched for evidence to prove it.
Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk, was found guilty on seven of 10 charges, including several counts of attempting to influence a public servant and conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation. She will be sentenced on Oct. 3 and could face prison time.
Before she was elected the Mesa County clerk, Peters ran a family construction company and for a time sold magnets and other wellness products through a multilevel marketing company. Early in her tenure, her office failed to collect 574 ballots that had been left in a drop box for a November 2019 election. An effort to recall her failed.
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