Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a vocal figure in the MAGA movement, was sentenced to nine years behind bars on Thursday, with Colorado Judge Matthew Barrett delivering a scathing condemnation of her actions.

A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

A judge ripped into a former Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars.

Tina Peters walks down the hallway at the Mesa County Justice Center Monday after closing arguments on the final day of her criminal trial. The former Mesa County clerk was found guilty on 7 of 10 charges.

A judge excoriated a Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Tina Peters, a former election official in Colorado's Mesa County who promoted former President Donald Trump's election conspiracy theories and was responsible for a breach of voting-system security, was sentenced today to nine years in prison.

Former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison on Thursday.

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk sentenced to prison earlier this week, has been widely condemned for the voter data scheme over which she was convicted. The judge in the case has also been receiving receiving threats.

Security was beefed up at the Mesa County courthouse in Grand Junction over the threats directed at Judge Matthew Barrett.

Colorado court administrators are investigating threats against a district court judge and its staff after a former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters was sentenced this week in an election