A federal judge denied a release request for former clerk Tina Peters, who is serving nine years for scheming to breach Colorado voting systems in 2020.
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AfederaljudgehasrefusedtoreleaseaformerColoradoclerkwhowasconvictedofattemptingtobreachvotingsystemsinhopesofprovingPresidentDonaldTrump’sclaimsofelectionmalfeasancein2020.
Theformerclerk,70-year-oldTinaPeters,wassentencedtonineyearsinprisonafterastatejuryconvictedherofparticipatinginaschemetobreachtheMesaCountyvotingsystems.Petersfiledalawsuitseekingherreleaseearlierthisyear,arguingthatherfreespeechrightshadbeenviolated,butJudgeScottVarholakrejectedthemoveonMonday.
“Ms.PetersraisesimportantconstitutionalquestionsconcerningwhetherthetrialcourtimproperlypunishedhermoreseverelybecauseofherprotectedFirstAmendmentspeech,”Varholakwrote.“ButbecausethisquestionremainspendingbeforeColoradocourts,thisCourtmustabstainfromansweringthatquestionuntilaftertheColoradocourtshavedecidedtheissue.”
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