Court Orders Resentencing for Colorado Clerk Tina Peters

Was Tina Peters a whistleblower exposing election vulnerabilities or a convicted felon who endangered democracy?

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Court Orders Resentencing for Colorado Clerk Tina Peters

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Above: Tina Peters speaks during an election watch party in Sedalia, Colo., on June 28, 2022. Image credit: AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-Trump narrative

Tina Peters exposed real vulnerabilities in Colorado's election systems and got a nine-year sentence for it — a punishment that even the appeals court found went too far. The sentencing judge crossed a line by punishing Peters for her beliefs rather than her actions, and that's exactly why the conviction was sent back for resentencing. Colorado's election integrity concerns deserve scrutiny, not a decade behind bars.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Peters didn't expose anything — she snuck an unauthorized person into a secure elections room, had surveillance cameras shut off and got convicted by a Republican DA in one of Colorado's most conservative counties. The appeals court only addressed sentencing, not the underlying conviction, which stands. Peters is a convicted felon who breached her own election equipment and endangered democratic processes, full stop.

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