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Attorneys prosecuting the case against a former Mesa County Clerk have had enough of the defense team straying into subjects and topics deemed off-limits ahead of trial.
Late Thursday evening, 21st Judicial District Dan Rubinstein asked Judge Matthew Barrett to help rein in the defense.
“I have observed Mr. (John) Case time and time again violate the court's pretrial order and continue to ask things that are prohibited,” Rubinstein said, asking that Barrett “admonish him that a contempt will be found if he continues to go into things that the court has already ordered he's not to go into.”
At several points throughout the trial, the defense has drifted toward talk of Dominion Voting Systems conspiracies, asking questions about where the machines were manufactured, whether they have internet connectivity and more. They’ve also tried to probe the results of a 2021 municipal election in Grand Junction, which Peters has said first made her question her equipment. These topics were deemed off-limits by the judge before the trial began and have drawn regular and consistent objections from prosecutors.
https://www.cpr.org/2024/08/09/prosecutors-ask-judge-to-reign-in-tina-peters-defense-team/