Key Facts

• Tina Peters was convicted in 2024 for illegally accessing election equipment after the 2020 presidential election.
• She helped an outside expert copy data from Dominion Voting Systems machines, leading to public release of sensitive information.
• Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison but served less than two years before her sentence was commuted.
• Governor Jared Polis, a Democrat, reduced her sentence, calling the original one unusually long for a first-time nonviolent offender.
• Despite her conviction, Peters claims election fraud and says Democrats will cheat in future elections.
• Authorities and court rulings have repeatedly confirmed that Joe Biden won the 2020 election, rejecting widespread fraud claims.
• Peters became a known figure in the election denial movement, often calling herself a whistleblower.
• She spoke publicly after release, thanking supporters and discussing the difficulty of being imprisoned.