Colorado Appeals Court Orders New Sentencing for Former County Clerk Convicted in Election Case

The court said the judge improperly punished Tina Peters for her insistence that there was fraud in the 2020 election.
Colorado Appeals Court Orders New Sentencing for Former County Clerk Convicted in Election Case
Mesa County, Colo., clerk Tina Peters, talks at a rally in Denver, Colo., on April 5, 2022. David Zalubowski/AP Photo
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An appeals court has ordered the re-sentencing of a woman convicted of lying to Colorado state officials about a tech specialist she brought in to observe changes to election software.

The Colorado Court of Appeals upheld her conviction and said she is ineligible for a pardon by President Donald Trump. However, it ruled that she was improperly sentenced and sent the case back to state court for resentencing.

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Stacy Robinson is a politics reporter for the Epoch Times, occasionally covering cultural and human interest stories. Based out of Washington, D.C. he can be reached at [email protected]