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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...after-arrest/ar-AATKsc8?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531Peters, a clerk from Mesa County, Colorado, has become a microcelebrity in far-right circles after the solidly red district in which she works became the focus of an election-fraud panic last summer when its voter data leaked to conservative conspiracy theorists like MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. She is now the subject of an ongoing investigation into the data breach. However, that has not stopped her from hitting the public speaking circuit while she and her colleagues face charges in a spiraling criminal case.
Peters’ Thursday night speech, first reported by Colorado Newsline’s Chase Woodruff, took place at an event hosted by FEC United, a far-right group whose president has called for mass executions of politicians he believes to be “traitors.” The Thursday event continued in similar vein, with a speaker who accused Colorado’s Democratic secretary of state, Jena Griswold, of election fraud. “I think if you're involved in election fraud, then you deserve to hang,” he told the crowd to applause.
Peters delivered a speech soon thereafter, referencing her arrest that morning on charges of obstructing a police officer and obstructing government operations.
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Peters’ troubles predate the 2020 presidential election. Beginning in 2019, her first year as clerk, Peters’ office came under scrutiny for election slip-ups, like leaving nearly 600 ballots uncounted in an outdoor box for months, and for staffing issues, like the departure of most of her employees.
But her path to the national stage began on May 25, 2021. That’s when someone in the clerk’s office is accused of turning off security cameras that monitored the county’s voting equipment. During the blackout, someone using the name “Gerard Wood” accessed the machines and copied voter data, which was soon leaked to conspiracy theorist (and current longshot congressional candidate) Ron Watkins. Although the stolen data showed no election malfeasance, Peters branded herself a whistleblower of local election fraud. She rode Lindell’s private jet to his “Cyber Symposium” on election conspiracy theories in August, where she gave a speech about supposed discrepancies in Mesa County data. Peters, who had also used taxpayer money to buy a plane ticket to the event, soon went into hiding in Lindell’s “safe house,” finally emerging this fall.
and let's not forget the bagel incident
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tina-...s-to-try-kicking-police-officer-during-arrestThe Denver Post reported that Tuesday’s arrest wasn’t linked to investigations of that possible election-security breach, but was related to Peters allegedly filming court proceedings on her iPad. Investigators were reportedly looking for that iPad when they detained Peters. In a video shared by 9News, Peters can be seen jostling with a cop and yelling “Let go of me!” She appears to attempt to kick an officer, who shouts: “Don’t kick!”
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