Tina Peters was convicted of election fraud or interference in Colorado.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 20, 2026
Multiple sources confirm Tina Peters was convicted by a Colorado jury in 2024 on election-related counts, including attempts to influence a public servant and conspiracy, in what BBC and CBS describe as an election interference case.
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… And what was Tina Peters, um, convicted of doing? She's in their inner circle now. That for me are, yeah, I mean, I'm just trying to think of what else they would have tried to everyone's point that they're doing all this in public. Tina Peters, who was convicted of election fraud or interference in Colorado, has been photographed alongside Hermee Dillon and Donald Trump in the White House. We know now, thanks to your reporting, that they tried to get a machine and hack into it. It seems like they're employing people who might help them with this endeavor. …
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Supports. AP reported in October 2024 that Peters was sentenced to nine years for a data-breach scheme tied to false claims about 2020 voting machine fraud, after a jury convicted her.[1]
Supports. BBC reported that Peters, a Republican former county clerk, was convicted on seven of 10 counts in an election interference case, including attempts to influence a public servant and conspiracy.[4]
Supports. Reuters reported in April 2026 that the appeals panel upheld Peters' conviction on all seven counts while ordering only resentencing.[2][5]
Supports. CBS News describes Peters as a former official convicted in an election interference case, and the Colorado Attorney General's office states she is a convicted felon for illegally tampering with election equipment.[3][6]
Context. The Colorado Secretary of State's June 2026 release says Peters was released after Governor Polis granted clemency, but her conviction stands; the release does not reverse it.[7]
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7 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 1 primary, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2, 1 not rated
- 1Tina Peters, former Colorado clerk, sentenced 9 years for voting ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Appeals panel orders resentencing of ex‑Colorado clerk over voting machinesreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Attorney General Phil Weiser statement on the Colorado Court of ...coag.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Tina Peters: Ex-county clerk jailed for tampering with voting ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports
- 5Colorado court orders resentencing of Tina Peters for election fraud schemepbs.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Trump's focused on voter fraud. Yet he worked to free a former official convicted in an election interference case.cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 7News Release - Colorado Secretary of Statesos.state.co.us · not rated · cited for: context
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