Tina Peters, a previous election authorities in Colorado’s Mesa County who promoted previous President Donald Trump’s election conspiracy theories and was accountable for a breach of voting-system security, was sentenced today to 9 years in jail.

“Your lies are well-documented and these convictions are serious,” 21st Judicial District Judge Matthew Barrett informed Peters, according to The Colorado Sun. “I am convinced you would do it all over again. You are as defiant a defendant as this court has ever seen.” Barrett stated that “prison is the only place” for Peters.

“You are no hero,” Barrett likewise stated, according to Colorado Public Radio. “You’re a charlatan who used, and is still using, your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that’s been proven to be junk time and time again.”

Peters apparently will serve 60 days to 6 months in the Mesa County prison and after that be moved to the state Department of Corrections. “Peters was handcuffed and taken to jail immediately after she was sentenced,” the Sun composed.

Peters “jeopardized her own election devices”

On August 12, “Peters was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty, and failing to comply with the secretary of state,” the Associated Press composed at the time.

After the conviction, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold stated that “Tina Peters willfully compromised her own election equipment trying to prove Trump’s big lie. She has been found guilty by a jury of her peers and will now face the consequences of her actions.”

In October 2021, Peters was disallowed from monitoring elections due to the leakage of voting-system BIOS passwords to QAnon conspiracy theorist Ron Watkins. At the time, Mesa County District Court Judge Valerie Robison comprehensive how Peters brought a guy into a conference on a “trusted build” software application upgrade that is implied to guarantee a protected chain of custody for the ballot system.