Courtroom directors are reviewing threats they acquired after a district court docket choose in Grand Junction ordered Tina Peters spend 9 years behind bars for her position in a 2021 breach of her personal county’s election system.
Twenty-first Judicial District Decide Matthew Barrett handed down the sentence Thursday after he stated Peter had discovered a method to revenue off lies and was satisfied she would proceed if she remained out of jail.
“We’re receiving threats and compliments concerning Decide Barrett’s sentencing of Tina Peters,” Will Sightler, court docket govt for the twenty first Judicial District stated in an announcement Friday afternoon.
“We’re at the moment reviewing and taking acceptable motion as crucial.”
Courtroom directors declined to supply further particulars on the threats. The court docket will probably be closed Monday for Cabrini Day, a state-recognized vacation.
A former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, Peters, 68, was convicted in August of three counts of making an attempt to affect a public official; conspiracy to commit felony impersonation; official misconduct; violation of responsibility; and failure to adjust to an order of the Secretary of State.
“Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are severe,” Barrett stated to Peters through the sentencing. “I’m satisfied you’d do it another time. You’re as defiant a defendant as this court docket has ever seen.”
She didn’t testify throughout her trial, however pleaded with the choose Thursday and begged for mercy.
“Your honor, I don’t need to go to jail the place different individuals have dedicated heinous crimes,” she stated. “I’m not a felony. I’ve lived my life with religion and honesty.”
Info stolen from Mesa County’s voting system was by no means used to show election fraud, nevertheless it was used within the nationwide election-conspiracy dialog, touted as proof that Dominion Voting Methods was monkeying with election outcomes.
Alongside the way in which, Peters turned a trigger celebre amongst election conspiracy theorists — domestically and throughout the nation. She turned often known as “Hero Tina” and “Clerk Peters,” labels that her social media followers nonetheless use. A documentary referred to as “Choice Code” that centered on her election breach was launched in 2022.
She appeared at Mar-a-Lago with former President Donald Trump. She spoke at conferences with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and different conspiracy theorists. She was a daily visitor on Steve Bannon’s “Warfare Room” podcast earlier than he was sentenced to jail for ignoring a congressional subpoena. She went on quite a few right-wing podcasts asking for cash for her protection — pleas that continued all through her trial and sentencing.
Testimony in her trial confirmed that the tentacles of her crime reached into the highest echelons and inside circles of the election-deniers near Trump — former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Trump Nationwide Safety Adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, and Overstock.com founder and CEO Patrick Byrne.