Appeals court orders resentencing of ex-Colorado clerk jailed for election interference
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“A Colorado appeals court on Thursday ordered the resentencing of a former Colorado election official who was found guilty of allowing unauthorized access to her county’s voting equipment”
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“Tina Peters... was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2024 after a jury found her guilty on three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and failure to comply with the secretary of state”
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“Peters was the county clerk in 2020 and later allowed an unauthorized person to access the county’s Dominion voting machines”
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“Sensitive information from the machines later wound up on the internet”
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“The court of appeals upheld Peters’s conviction, but ruled those remarks were improper and had tainted the sentence”
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“Trump has repeatedly called for freeing Peters and issued her a federal pardon”
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“The appeals court on Thursday said that pardon does not apply to Peters’s state conviction”
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“Jared Polis, Colorado’s Democratic governor, has publicly signaled he is open to reducing Peters’s sentence”
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“Jena Griswold... said Peters would continue to face accountability”
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“Phil Weiser... said Peters’s original sentence was 'fair and appropriate'”
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