A judge ripped into a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race. District Judge Matthew Barrett told former Mesa County Clerk…

A former Colorado county clerk is set to be sentenced Thursday for orchestrating a security breach of her elections computer system.

Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who was found guilty in connection with an election security breach at her office in 2021, drew a nine-year prison sentence during a court appearance Thursday.

She was the first election official to be charged with a security breach amid unfounded conspiracies that widespread fraud denied President Donald Trump a second term.

An unapologetic and unrepentant conspiracy theorist who, as a Mesa County Clerk, arranged illegal access to county voting machines, Tina Peters, has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk, falsely claimed Donald Trump lost the 2020 election to President Joe Biden due to ballot fraud.

Tina Peters, the former clerk of Mesa County, Colo., had tried to prove that the machines had been used to rig the 2020 election against former President Donald J. Trump.

Tina Peters, ex-Colorado clerk, tells judge prison won't work out because she needs a magnetic mattress (video)