Tag: Daniel Rubinstein
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Tina Peters’ contempt finding, $1,500 fine over iPad recording overturned by appeals court
Colorado’s second-highest court last week overturned the contempt conviction and $1,500 fine for former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, concluding a trial judge did not make all the necessary findings that Peters had willfully disobeyed a court order. Peters is currently serving a nine-year sentence after a jury found her guilty this year of attempting…
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Federal judge dismisses Tina Peters’ attempt to halt state prosecution for elections charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge on Monday threw out an attempt by former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters to avoid standing trial for criminal charges related to election equipment tampering. Grand jurors indicted Peters, a Republican who unsuccessfully ran for secretary of state in 2022, on multiple…
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Tina Peters may not force judge to testify about courtroom recording incident, Colorado Supreme Court rules
The Colorado Supreme Court has swatted down an attempt by Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters to force the judge presiding over her criminal case to provide testimony about Peters’ alleged misconduct — specifically, that she video-recorded court proceedings and lied about it. The sprawling controversy in Mesa County originated with the allegations that Peters…
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Tina Peters surrenders on felony warrant, vows to keep campaigning for secretary of state
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and her deputy, Belinda Knisley, turned themselves in to authorities Wednesday afternoon at the county sheriff’s department hours after prosecutors released a 13-count grand jury indictment alleging the pair took part in a “deceptive scheme” to breach secure voting equipment,…