Former Colorado County Clerk Tina Peters Denied Release from Prison Pending Appeal in Data Breach Case
A former Colorado county clerk's request to be released from prison pending an appeal of her state conviction for involvement in a data breach scheme related to false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential election was denied by a federal magistrate judge. Tina Peters, the former Mesa County Clerk, had filed a lawsuit seeking release on bond during the appeal process. The state's attorneys contended that federal courts should not intervene in ongoing state criminal cases, leading to the rejection of Peters' request.