Posted on 11/16/2021 8:34:01 PM PST by george76
Federal, state and local authorities searched the homes of Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters and three of her associates on Tuesday as part of an investigation into accusations the elected official was involved in voting machine security breaches, according to an official who helped conduct the searches.
The FBI carried out a court-ordered search of Peters' home in Mesa County early Tuesday morning, leaving her "terrified," Peters said Tuesday night in an appearance on Lindell TV, an online channel run by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Trump supporter and proponent of discredited claims the 2020 election was stolen.
"We executed four federally court-authorized operations today to gather evidence in connection with the investigation into the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder's Office," District Attorney Dan Rubinstein told Colorado Politics. "We did so with assistance from the DA's office from the 21st Judicial District, the Attorney General’s Office and the FBI."
He added that one of the searches occurred in neighboring Garfield County.
Lindell said one of the homes raided by law enforcement authorities belongs to Sherronna Bishop, a Garfield County resident and former campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert.
Peters, a Republican serving her first term as the Western Slope county's chief elections official, was prohibited last month by a Mesa County judge from overseeing the election in the county in a ruling on a lawsuit filed by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
Griswold cited allegations Peters and her deputy were involved in an election security breach when they allowed an unauthorized person to participate in a routine update of the county voting system software and then allegedly lied about it as part of a scheme to expose alleged election irregularities.
In August, Griswold ordered Mesa County to replace its voting equipment after system passwords showed up in a video posted to right-wing websites. Days later, exact digital copies of the county's election system hard drive were posted online after Griswold's staff discovered that 24-hour video surveillance of the election equipment had been turned off.
A spokeswoman for the FBI's Denver office didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
A spokesman for the state attorney general said the office had no comment.
"The FBI raided my home at 6 a.m. this morning, accusing me of committing a crime," Peters said on the Lindell channel. "And they raided the homes of my friends, mostly older women. I was terrified."
She added that authorities "used a battering ram," destroying the front door of one of her friends' homes.
Peters said authorities searched her house for "about three hours" and "took all of my electronics," including her phone.
"Essentially, they were soldiers in combat gear. They were not men in suits with badges," Peters said. "They looked very much like they were in a combat zone — soldiers with automatic weapons and combat gear."
Peters has maintained that she is on a mission to uncover proof that the 2020 election was rigged, despite failing to produce any evidence that happened. An audit ordered by the Arizona Senate into allegations of election fraud in that state's biggest county found that Democrat Joe Biden, who carried the state, received more votes than had been reported in the official tally.
Peters appeared at a symposium in South Dakota in August sponsored by Lindell, who later claimed he was helping keep Peters safe in various locations, including a Texas hotel, until Peters returned to Mesa County in late September.
Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission on Tuesday moved ahead on an investigation into a complaint believed to be against Peters. The complaint alleges Peters violated a state constitutional gift ban by accepting flights on a private plane and other travel expenses from Lindell.
"I refuse to give up," Peters said Tuesday on Lindell's show. "I am more scared than ever for my life, but courage is the key when you do something in spite of fear."
She added: "I feel that if I was to give up now, I would be giving up on our country. You do the right thing and you see your government come down on you like that, this is the worse nightmare you can imagine."
The government, Peters added, is trying to intimidate her and others.
"They want to shut me up, shut me out, prosecute me, do whatever they can to villainize and demonize me just to cover up their dirty deeds," she said, adding, "I can't unsee what I've seen."
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Federal Goons....I wonder when they’re gonna start issuing Jack Boots.
Hot lead on Ashley Biden’s diary?
40 of Colorado’s 64 counties reported registration rates that exceeded 100% of the eligible citizen voting- age population. .
Colorado Secretary of State sued for outdated voter rolls.. “ a direct threat to free and fair elections that with record numbers of mail-in ballots this cycle, over half of Colorado counties have more people registered to vote than are eligible to register,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton..
This is what would happen to certain parents in Loudoun County in VA, if the FBI Gestapo could get away with it, and they might. Expect to see more of these raids by the FBI at Biden’s puppeteers’ command to go forth and crush his political enemies.
“The FBI raided my home at 6 a.m. this morning, accusing me of committing a crime,”
Fags. A couple of FBI agents could have knocked at the door at 8am in business suits. But noooo, it’s another 6am political raid.
Time for patriots to look up “stand to” and start to do that each morning. That’s when the attacks come.
If only we had a president 4 years ago who could have cleaned house.
He would have had to divert a river to do that.
Regards,
FBI is a now a tool of the liberals running our government.
Jackboots and don’t forget the jodpurs.
Trump had no idea how many federal officials loathe patriotic Americans, i.e., the vast majority.
“...discredited claims that the 2020 election was stolen.”
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Discredit my ass. The overwhelming evidence is there if anyone bothers to look.
The author of this piece...Ernest Lemming, er, Ernest Luning, is full of crap.
Jackbooted scum bags.
People need to place hidden cameras in their homes to capture the images of the gestapo in action.
We live in a tyranny now. There is no doubt about it. The unlimited power of the government being used on dissidents.
But Bill Clinton can fly all over on Epstein's jet to have sex with Epstein's child hookers, and Hunter Biden can fly around on Air Force 2 to make crooked deals with the Chinese and the Ukranians, and that is all just 'hunky dory' with the FIB and everyone else.
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