Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was hit with another arrest warrant Thursday for allegedly violating the terms of her bond.
Peters was accused of sending an email to a government employee in Mesa County, Colorado, on Wednesday, flouting a bond agreement that prohibited her from communicating with workers in that office. She turned herself in to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office Thursday night and was released after just over an hour, according to documents obtained by CBS.
JUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF COLORADO COUNTY CLERK TINA PETERS
“I sent out a courtesy email, a blanket email to all the clerks in the state. OK, it just so happened it just happened to include one elected official in Mesa County,” she told the outlet.
Mesa County Director of Elections Brandi Bantz contacted police after receiving an email from Peters, leading to the arrest warrant, according to an affidavit for the arrest. Peters had sent the email to Bantz and at least seven other state clerks about a recount for the Colorado Secretary of State Republican primary that she lost last month.
“If you are on the list of those counties for a hand recount, you will be notified to coordinate the day/time that is mutually agreed upon. Thank you for your kind cooperation,” the email read, per the report.
Peters is out on bond for an indictment earlier in the year over allegations of voting machine tampering, to which she has pleaded not guilty.
Last week, a judge approved a separate arrest warrant against Peters for traveling out of state without the required permission, a violation of the conditions of her bond. The judge lifted the warrant after Peters’s attorneys argued they believed the court had granted her permission to leave the state to speak at a conference of “constitutional sheriffs” in Las Vegas.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Peters for comment.
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Peters was indicted in March for 10 misdemeanor and felony charges stemming from an election security breach. She allegedly permitted a consultant to make an unauthorized copy of a hard drive for voting machine equipment in Mesa County. Leaked data, including information about Dominion Voting Systems machines and key passwords, subsequently surfaced online, and the information was later traced back to Mesa County by authorities. She has decried the allegations as politically motivated and maintained her innocence.
Peters has earned national attention for pushing heavily disputed claims about malfeasance in the 2020 election. She is slated for a court appearance Friday.
