Testimony showed that Peters was seen video recording a Feb. 7, 2022, hearing for her former chief deputy, Belinda Knisley, when Knisley was facing felony burglary and misdemeanor cybercrimes charges
Tina Peters
Posted inCartoons
“What’d I Miss?”: Fighting the stereotype
In “What’d I Miss?” Ossie reveals that while he’s never even been in a fight, he still has to wrestle with the perception of the Black man as superhuman threat.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: Colorado’s zombie GOP puts Dave Williams in charge
After dying with the last election, the Colorado GOP is now just a horror show troupe wandering aimlessly in the political landscape
Posted inPolitics and Government
Dave Williams elected to lead battered Colorado GOP for next two years
Williams succeeds Kristi Burton Brown, who was state party chair for two years and oversaw a disastrous 2022 election cycle for the GOP
Posted inPolitics and Government
Judge overseeing Tina Peters’ criminal prosecution won’t be deposed in separate case against indicted Mesa County clerk
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett’s deposition isn’t necessary in a contempt of court case against Peters. The deposition threatened to upend the separate criminal case against Peters.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Nicolais: Boot Barn shout-fest is all that is left of the Colorado GOP
Conspiracy-fueled, far-right extremists epitomize a party that has cannibalized its own election cycle after election cycle
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Nicolais: Ballot box watching events are unnecessary, anti-democratic and dangerous
Whipped into action by the violent rhetoric of Joe Oltmann, conspiracy theorists have begun staking out drop boxes in Colorado
Posted inCrime and Courts
Legal maneuvers by attorney for Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters threaten to hinder criminal case against her
Harvey Steinberg, Peters’ lawyer, wants to depose District Court Judge Matthew Barrett and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein in an unrelated contempt of court case.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: Sarah Palin lost in a ranked-choice election. Does that mean Colorado should go next?
Does ranked-choice voting help elect moderates and minority candidates? Or is it, as Trumpists claim, a scam to rig elections?
Posted inElection 2022
Judge throws out indicted Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ recount challenge
Peters filed a lawsuit objecting to the methods used to recount ballots on Aug. 3 but did not ask for the recount to be stopped until the following day, after the recount was completed