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May 19, 2022 01:35 PM UTC

Boebert-Blessed GOP Prosecutor Debunks Peters' Conspiracy Theory

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  • by: Colorado Pols
GOP Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters (R).

AP’s Colleen Slevin reports on the release of new information from Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, a Republican, who as part of his criminal investigation into Clerk Tina Peters’ alleged breach of election system security did his due diligence investigating the election fraud claims made by Peters with help from a gaggle of election conspiracy theorists in the orbit of Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell–in particular that evidence exists in that stolen data that the 2020 presidential election was in some manner compromised.

The answer, which should come as no surprise, is a resounding no:

Prosecutors in a western Colorado county said Thursday they found no evidence of tampering in the 2020 presidential election as alleged by a clerk who has become a prominent voice among those promoting former President Donald Trump’s false claims of a stolen election.

The Mesa County District Attorney’s Office presented its findings to county commissioners after investigating claims by Clerk Tina Peters, who is under indictment for providing unauthorized access to county voting equipment, a breach that led to a public release of sensitive information.

Peters, who is running for the Republican nomination to become the state’s chief election official, had issued a report in March claiming to have found evidence of “potentially unauthorized and illegal manipulation of tabulated vote data” during the 2020 presidential election and 2021 city elections…

There was “extensive evidence” that Peters’ conclusions were false and no proof found of outside election interference, Rubinstein wrote in a summary to commissioners. [Pols emphasis]

Last fall before Peters’ indictment by a grand jury, freshman GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert held a meeting with DA Rubinstein to discuss the investigation into Clerk Peters, and issued a statement afterward affirming her confidence in Rubinstein’s office to prosecute the case fairly. Taking the time and effort to debunk Tina Peters’ claims of election fraud is an important step, or should be, in helping set the record straight about the 2020 elections as a whole.

The problem, of course, is a majority of Republicans don’t want the record set straight. Unless something big has changed we’re not aware of, that includes Lauren Boebert and a whole slew of Colorado Republican candidates.

It’s a glaring contradiction that has to be resolved.

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5 thoughts on “Boebert-Blessed GOP Prosecutor Debunks Peters’ Conspiracy Theory

  1. Janet Rowland, member of the Mesa County BOCC, made a salient statement at the start of the Peters controversy. Paraphrased, she said something like, “if the election was fraudulent, how come every other Republican running in Mesa County won?”

  2. Let's all PLEASE be on a mission to explain that lack of evidence is NOT proof of voter intent! Colorado has hand marked paper ballots, which is GREAT, but exposure of the voting machine program is a problem! So is internet-linked vote tabulators. We need nationwide hand marked paper ballots with risk limiting audits to verify vote totals. Folks are buying in to obscuring the actual black box voting concerns.

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