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Republican county clerk indicted in voting-machine breach, arrest warrant issued

Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website) A grand jury in Colorado yesterday indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters on 10 charges related to the leak of voting-system BIOS passwords and other confidential information that ended up being published by QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley was indicted on six […]

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Police arrest Mesa County clerk who promoted Trump’s false election claims

Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website) Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters—who was recently barred from overseeing an election and has promoted former President Trump’s conspiracy theory that voting machines were manipulated to help Joe Biden win the presidency—was arrested at a bagel shop yesterday and accused of resisting a search warrant. The […]

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FBI raids home of Trumpist county clerk in probe of voting-system passwords leak

Enlarge / Tina Peters. (credit: Tina Peters’ campaign website) The FBI joined state and local authorities in reportedly raiding the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and several associates yesterday as law enforcement agencies continue investigating a voting-machine security breach from Peters’ office. “The FBI carried out a court-ordered search of Peters’ home in […]