District Court Judge Matthew Barrett sentenced Peters to nine years in prison on Thursday and disparaged her push of discredited claims about rigged voting machines in the 2020 presidential election.

Before issuing the sentence, 21st District Court Judge Matthew Barrett offered some thoughts of his own. The unimpressed judge said Peters was “as defiant a defendant as this court has ever seen.” ...

Colorado court administrators are investigating threats against a district court judge and its staff after a former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters was sentenced this week in an election case.

The court received compliments as well as threats for Judge Matthew Barrett’s sentencing of Peters, Will Sightler, the court executive of the 21st Judicial District, said in a statement Friday.

The court received compliments as well as threats for Judge Matthew Barrett’s sentencing of Peters, Will Sightler, the court executive of the 21st Judicial District, said in a statement Friday.

A federal magistrate judge Tuesday denied a motion from former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who asked to appear at an ...

Mesa County District Court Judge Matthew Barrett sentenced her to nine years behind bars. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) MATTHEW BARRETT: Your lies are well-documented, and these convictions ...

Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for voting data scheme “I am convinced you would do it all over again if you could,” the judge told her in handing down the sentence.

"You are no hero," state District Court Judge Matthew Barrett told Peters. "You're a charlatan who used and is still using your prior position in office to peddle a snake oil that's been proven to ...