US Ministry of Justice to review the state conviction of the former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters

The US Ministry of Justice said on Monday that it is planning to help the state conviction of the former employee of Mesa County, Tina Peters, to obtain the unauthorized access to voting rights in 2021.

The DOJ does not have the authority to abolish a state conviction, and it is unclear which intervention in the case the department or a federal court could take.

Peters was found guilty in August after a criminal proceedings by four crimes and sentenced to nine years in prison. The prosecutors said Peters gave the man access to voice equipment during a software update in May 2021. The passwords and copies of the district of the district were later published online by people who tried to undermine the validity of the electoral system.

In a court registration on Monday, Yaakov Roth, a deputy attorney in General, said the Ministry of Justice is planning to evaluate the state prosecution of Peters and, citing an arrangement signed by President Donald Trump, whether the case was “more oriented towards the instructions of political pain than the pursuit of the actual judicial or legitimization objectives.

“In parallel to these procedures and the direct complaint of Ms. Peters, the Ministry of Justice checks the cases across the country for abuse of the criminal justice process,” Roth wrote, referring to an executive regulation of President Donald Trump, entitled “Termination of the weapon of the Federal Government”.

The news of the review was first reported by the New York Times. Peters appeal also against the conviction before the Federal District Court.

The submission of the court on Monday is also concerned about the length of the prison sentence that Peters received, and whether the refusal of the deposit by the state until the result of Peters's complaint is “arbitrary or inappropriate”. It also asks for “quick and careful examination” of the Federal District Court and the state district courts.

In the court hearing in October, the 21st judge Matthew Barrett warned Peters.

“You are not a hero,” said Barrett to Peters. “You are a charlatian who used your previous position in the office and is still a snake oil that is always a junk junk.”

The prosecutors said Peters continued to argue that she had not done anything wrong. Peters and her lawyers claimed that the jury was not allowed to hear any other evidence that she wanted to present, including those who were associated with conspiracies about the district's Dominion, which were often advertised by Trump and its allies, including Peters.

Bente Birkeland from CPR contributed to this report.