Tina Peters
American convicted felon and elected official
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| October 2024 | Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison by District Court Judge Matthew Barrett, immediately taken into custody after being convicted of election machine tampering. |
| August 2024 | Peters was convicted on seven of ten charges related to election machine security breach, including four felonies. |
| December 31 2023 | Thomas Peters died. |
| November 13 2023 | Peters filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against government officials, alleging violation of her constitutional rights. |
| October 4 2023 | The Colorado Office of Administrative Courts fined Peters $15,400 for violating the Fair Campaign Practice Act by failing to register as a candidate and file accurate campaign reports. |
| September 6 2023 | Peters pled not guilty to multiple felony and misdemeanor charges, with her trial pushed back to February 2024. |
| May 5 2023 | Peters was held in contempt of court for lying about recording court proceedings, and fined $1,500 by Eagle County District Judge Paul Dunkelman. |
| March 2023 | Peters received a Mesa County jury trial for recording court proceedings and obstructing investigators, resulting in a misdemeanor conviction for obstruction of government operations. |
| November 30 2022 | Sandra Brown pled guilty to attempting to influence a public servant and official misconduct as part of a plea agreement. |
| August 25 2022 | Knisley pled guilty to three misdemeanor counts, cutting a plea deal to testify against Peters. |
| August 7 2022 | Peters pled not guilty to all charges related to election machine tampering, with a trial set for March 2023. |
| July 2022 | A first arrest warrant was issued for Peters after she traveled out of state without court permission, which was initially canceled. |
| July 2022 | Peters paid $256,000 for a manual recount of the primary election votes, which resulted in only a 13-vote gain and maintained her 29 percent vote share. |
| July 11 2022 | Sandra Brown turned herself in for arrest on an affidavit naming her in a conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation. |
| June 28 2022 | Peters competed in the Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State, finishing second out of three candidates and challenging the election results. |
| March 9 2022 | Peters was indicted on 13 counts related to election machine tampering and conspiracy, including attempting to influence a public servant, obstruction, and identity theft. |
| February 14 2022 | Peters dropped her county clerk reelection candidacy to run in the Republican primary for Colorado Secretary of State. |
| February 8 2022 | Peters was charged with obstructing government operations and obstructing a peace officer after attempting to hide her iPad and claiming it belonged to 'Tammy Bailey' when investigators tried to execute a search warrant. |
| February 7 2022 | During a hearing for Knisley, Peters was video recording the proceedings on her iPad and was charged with contempt of court (later overturned on appeal). |
| January 13 2022 | Peters formally filed as a candidate for reelection as Mesa County Clerk and Recorder. |
| November 2021 | Tina Peters officially divorced from Thomas Peters. |
| November 16 2021 | Law enforcement executed search warrants on the homes of Peters, Sherronna Bishop, and two others as part of a criminal investigation. No arrests were made. |
| November 9 2021 | Mesa County Election Director Brandi Bantz fired Sandra Brown, who stated she would file a lawsuit for improper termination. |
| November 8 2021 | The Colorado Secretary of State filed a lawsuit against Peters for failing to report campaign contributions and expenses for nearly three years. |
| October 13 2021 | Mesa County District Court Judge Valerie Robinson ruled that Peters and Knisley had allowed a breach in the county's election system and were barred from supervising the November election. |
| October 2 2021 | Tina Peters filed a quit-claim deed for a home Thomas Peters had purchased, which became the subject of a civil complaint. |
| September 17 2021 | Peters gave county commissioners an 83-page forensic report by Doug Gould, examining election system files and alleging potential irregularities in election record management. |
| September 1 2021 | Knisley surrendered to be charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor cybercrimes and was released on a personal recognizance bond. |
| August 25 2021 | Belinda Knisley entered the Clerk and Recorder's office, from which she had been barred, and attempted to use Tina Peters' credentials to print documents. |
| August 24 2021 | The Mesa County Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to replace 41 compromised election equipment pieces with new Dominion Voting Systems machines, extending their service agreement to 2029. |
| August 23 2021 | Mesa County Human Resources Director Brenda Moore suspended Deputy Clerk Belinda Knisley with pay due to accusations of unprofessional behavior and hostile work environment. Elections Manager Sandra Brown was also suspended. |
| August 21 2021 | A support rally was held for Peters in Mesa County, with her supporters alleging a security breach in the election system. |
| August 19 2021 | MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell claimed Peters was in a safe house for protection, with her location leaked and subsequently changed. |
| August 17 2021 | The FBI investigated the alleged Mesa County election equipment breach. Griswold issued Election Order 2021-03 (EO-03), allowing Mesa County Treasurer Sheila Reiner to take control of elections after Peters was reported to be in hiding. |
| August 12 2021 | Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold issued Election Order 2021-02 (EO-02), decertifying Mesa County's voting equipment and prohibiting Tina Peters from overseeing the 2021 election. |
| August 10 2021 | Colorado Department of State staff accessed the Mesa County election equipment and records, discovering security vulnerabilities in servers and boot settings. |
| May 2021 | Tina Peters ordered surveillance cameras monitoring voting machines in the Mesa County clerk's office to be turned off, contrary to standard election security protocols. |
| May 2021 | Peters permitted Hayes to be present during a voting machine software update and allowed him to record video of the update process. |
| May 24 2021 | Peters had dinner with Conan Hayes, Sherronna Bishop, and U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert, as confirmed by phone records. |
| 2020 | Met with individuals promoting false claims about election illegitimacy and allowed an unauthorized person to access and copy Dominion electronic voting machine hard drives after the presidential election. |
| November 19 2020 | Signed off on the Mesa County risk-limiting audit, officially stating there were no issues or discrepancies with the 2020 election results. |
| April 2020 | A voter recall attempt against Peters was initiated, which ultimately failed to gather enough signatures to appear on the November 3, 2020 general election ballot. |
| February 2020 | An unemptied ballot box containing 574 uncounted ballots from the November 2019 election was discovered in the parking lot of Mesa County election headquarters, which Peters attributed to 'human error'. |
| 2019 | Peters begins serving as County Clerk of Mesa County, Colorado. |
| 2018 | Tina Peters was elected county clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, marking her first elected political office. |
| January 2018 | Tina Peters filed a decree of legal separation. |
| 2017 | Her son, Remington J. Peters, a US Navy SEAL, died at age 27 in a parachute accident while performing at an air show in New York City. |
| June 2017 | Tina Peters legally separated from her husband Thomas Peters. |
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