Ex-Colorado clerk Tina Peters found guilty in election machine breach case

Peters was accused of using someone else's security badge to give expert affiliated with Mike Lindell access to system

Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election deniers, has been found guilty in a breach of her county's election computer system in a jury verdict returned Monday at trial.

Peters was accused of using someone else's security badge to give an expert affiliated with My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell access to the Mesa county election system. Prosecutors said she was seeking fame and became fixated" on voting problems after becoming involved with those who had questioned the accuracy of the 2020 presidential election results.