Hours after being convicted of tampering with voting machines in Colorado in the name of Donald Trump, former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters griped that the outcome was a “sad day for our nation and the world” while continuing to spout false election-related conspiracy theories about “vote-flipping software that is basically in Serbia.”

Peters was found guilty Monday on seven of ten charges after she granted unauthorized individuals access to county voting machines in order to transfer data to Trump allies. Peters faces up to 22 years in prison.

Later in the day, Peters responded to her newfound status as a felon by posting Bible quotes and spreading baseless claims about election fraud.

  • partial_accumen
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    2428 days ago

    She will be a conservative darling doing talk circuits.

    I don’t get the impression that there’s a long shelf life for those folks. “Joe the Plumber” rose to conservative fame even without committing a felony. After the right fell in love with him for his 15 minutes, he had a “record deal”, co-wrote a book, and was also hired as a junior reporter for the right wing Pajamas Media (whatever that is) and 4 years later he’s working at a Jeep factory in Toledo source

      • @[email protected]
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        627 days ago

        After high school, Wurzelbacher enlisted in the United States Air Force, and chose plumbing (Air Force Specialty Code 3E451, or Utility Systems Specialist) as his area of training.[4] He was stationed in Alaska and North Dakota. Wurzelbacher left the Air Force in 1996 and worked as a plumber’s assistant, but then switched careers and started working for the telecommunications company Global Crossing.

        He was trained in plumbing and had some limited experience.

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          727 days ago

          But not a licensed plumber, which requires being licensed so he was calling himself something he wasn’t allowed to do by law.

          • @[email protected]
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            927 days ago

            ehhh he plumbed

            ya plumb one toilet and ya can’t be a plumber

            but ya fuck ONE HORSE and now yer a…

    • @glimse
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      628 days ago

      On the plus side, he’s not working at a Jeep factory anymore