John Case

Tina was performing a federal duty.

when she preserved election records before the Secretary of State destroyed them.

Great question, Steve.

Can I talk for a minute about why the judge sentenced her, what he said to her?

Yes.

Here's what he said.

This is what makes Mrs. Peters such a danger to our community.

It's the position she held that has provided her the pulpit from which she can preach these lies.

The undermining of our democratic process, the undermining of the belief and confidence in our election systems.

And prison is for those folks where we send people who are a danger to all of us, whether it be by the pen or the sword or the word of the mouth.

So in other words, the judge sentenced her to eight years, nine months, not quite nine years, eight years, nine months in prison because of words that she used to criticize the computer voting system.

And the trial and sentencing were the culmination of a process that began with a federal investigation of Tina, then pressure from the Secretary of State,

They actually sent her a written stipulation in January of 2022, demanding that she retract her statements in writing about the voting system.

Tina refused to do it.

They said, if you don't sign this retraction, we're going to remove you from your duties as clerk and recorder.

And she said, I'm not signing that.

And they did remove her from her duties as clerk and recorder by getting a local judge to do that.

After that, they started prosecuting her.

They got a grand jury indictment.

Then we went to trial.