Tina Peters, a former Mesa County, Colorado County Clerk, was found guilty of four felonies and three misdemeanors for her role in giving an associate of ripped foam magnate Mike Lindell access to county election systems after the 2020 election, the Colorado Sun reports. It’s the first completed prosecution of a local election official relating to the 2020 election conspiracies.
Peters arranged for Conan Hayes, a Lindell associate, to get access to Dominion Voting Systems machines and software updates, letting him make copies of hard drive data that was later posted online. Hayes used a stolen ID from a local man, Gerald Wood, to gain access to the system; when coworkers questioned Peters about Hayes’ presence in the office, Peters vouched for “Wood” and said he was an employee who had had a background check.