CO county clerk sentenced to 9 years in prison

[pixy0stix]

www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/former-mesa-county-clerk-tina-peters-sentencing/73-8cf8c31c-ae16-4040-94e4-a6276e9be733

For election interference.

She had tampered with voting machines trying to prove that Trump had really won.


ETA NYTimes gift link - Former County Clerk Gets 9 Years in Prison for Tampering With Voting Machines www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/politics/tina-peters-sentence-colorado.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU4.w8o3.bTZm1cYaxDBV

[dutchgirl678]

I was just about to post this. Watch the video of the judge's remarks at her sentencing (it's 13 minutes but worth every second)

x.com/i/status/1841933359942930499

[definitelyO]

whoa. I'll go look at the remarks. I heard on 9news last night that it could be probation - 10 years but there is a severe lack of remorse so they weren't sure where it was going to head.

[underwaterrhymes]

Oct 3, 2024 16:42:52 GMT -5 dutchgirl678 said:

I was just about to post this. Watch the video of the judge's remarks at her sentencing (it's 13 minutes but worth every second)

x.com/i/status/1841933359942930499

I love when he says, “prison is where we send people who are a danger to all of us.”

So, so good. Bye, friend. Maybe don’t be a traitor next time.

ETA - hahaha just watched the end. Love it when the defense says, “uhh, we had filed a stay?” And the judge was like, “nah, sir. I denied that.”

[laterz]

I need a cigarette.

[AAM2012]

Oct 3, 2024 16:18:15 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/former-mesa-county-clerk-tina-peters-sentencing/73-8cf8c31c-ae16-4040-94e4-a6276e9be733

For election interference.

She had tampered with voting machines trying to prove that Trump had really won.


ETA NYTimes gift link - Former County Clerk Gets 9 Years in Prison for Tampering With Voting Machines www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/us/politics/tina-peters-sentence-colorado.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PU4.w8o3.bTZm1cYaxDBV

Good!

Who’s next…

Also the exchange between her and the judge at the sentencing hearing says it all….

[shauni27]

I have a serious crush on this judge now, lol.

I replayed the story on NPR this morning just to hear his remarks again. SO good.

[bugandbibs]

Oct 3, 2024 22:01:05 GMT -5 laterz said:

I need a cigarette.

Seriously, I've never appreciated a white man more in my life.

[cville]

The GOP is like a cheating husband accusing his wife of stepping out to deflect attention.

[ksun]

I don't know when this came up in court but I saw a video of her recently at trial saying she couldn't possibly go to prison because she needs to sleep on a magnetic mattress because of back pain and she can't have one there. I hope she doesn't get a night's sleep.

[maudefindlay]

And now her people are threatening court staff and the judge. I guess no surprise there.

www.9news.com/article/news/local/local-politics/colorado-judge-threats-tina-peters-sentence/73-9d76c41b-8a14-4e50-9d0b-566516a7c9fc

[notsopicky]

My favorite part of the sentencing is that the judge said he wants to deter people, esp. those in power, from doing it again. That judge needs to SKYWRITE that shit for all the GOP to see.

[lavenderblue]

If you haven't seen it, the bodycam footage from her arrest has been recirculating. It is....something. May she rot.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBaJX9h-HIQ

[themoneytree]

Oct 3, 2024 16:42:52 GMT -5 dutchgirl678 said:

I was just about to post this. Watch the video of the judge's remarks at her sentencing (it's 13 minutes but worth every second)

x.com/i/status/1841933359942930499

It would have been interesting to see her face during some of this. I want to know if any of it has sunk in or if she still thinks she is the innocent party. Having watched the arrest video I’m also surprised that she didn’t interrupt the judge during her sentencing. He spoke for a while and she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who could keep quiet very long.

[basilosaurus]

Oct 6, 2024 14:25:34 GMT -5 ksun said:

I don't know when this came up in court but I saw a video of her recently at trial saying she couldn't possibly go to prison because she needs to sleep on a magnetic mattress because of back pain and she can't have one there. I hope she doesn't get a night's sleep.

The nerve! You know that's not the only thing she'll try to demand. If my various reality tv watching is any indication, inmates don't take to kindly to those who are entitled to special privileges and think their shit don't stink.

[Gato]

Oct 7, 2024 7:07:29 GMT -5 lavenderblue said:

If you haven't seen it, the bodycam footage from her arrest has been recirculating. It is....something. May she rot.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBaJX9h-HIQ

I only watched the first few minutes but I’ve never seen a better demonstration of what white privilege looks like (and sounds like, yeesh).