Judge in Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters Summary Remarks Before Sentencing Sends a Chilling Message to Election Officials and Election Integrity Activists
Judge’s Sentencing Remarks
During the sentencing last week, several witnesses both for the defendant and the prosecution made comments to the judge prior to his decision. But the most concerning portion. The judge alluded to several claims he presented as fact despite no findings of such. Any allusion to impropriety in the elections or election systems in Mesa County and Colorado in general were shot down during the trial.
The judge’s remarks started off with a harsh condemnation of Peters by calling here ‘privileged.’
Judge Barrett remarked:
“You don’t have those histories of drug and alcohol abuse…there’s no lifetime of trauma, not even close to the type of mitigating circumstances that I would see from folks who sit in that chair. No, to the contrary Ms. Peters, you are a ‘privileged’ person. You are as ‘privileged’ as they come. And you used that privilege to obtain power, a following, and fame. And to be sure there’s no doubt in my mind that it is exactly what you wanted. And it defies all sense of common sense to believe when you suggested to me a few moments ago that you didn’t want this attention. No, no you crave it, ma’am. And there is no one in this courtroom who would consider that to be anything other than the absolute truth.”
The judge essentially compared, as tragic as it may be, self-inflicted ‘traumas’ such as alcohol and drug abuse with losing her son (during her campaign) during his service to this country as a Navy SEAL and then losing her husband under controversial circumstances during this persecution. It is worth noting that her son’s death also raises eyebrows as he died during a parachuting accident when both his primary and back up chutes failed to deploy. Peters revealed during the trial that her son had been working with officials in his capacity as a SEAL to thwart human-trafficking.
“Privileged.” Sympathy for drug addicts and alcoholics while casting sheer disdain at a gold-star widow.
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