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A judge ruled Friday that an indicted Colorado clerk will remain free on bond after Vegas trip.
The election conspiracy theorists will however be required to get court permission before travelling out of state.
Judge
Matthew Barrett canceled an arrest warrant for Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters he
issued after she traveled by private plane to Las Vegas on Monday to speak at a
sheriffs’ conference just hours after he ruled she could not leave Colorado,
The Associated Press reports.
Peters’ lead
lawyer, Harvey Steinberg said he did not learn of the order barring travel
until after Peters left because his personal assistant, whom he relies on to
open digital court fillings, was out of town, according to The Associated
Press.
Barrett said
it was “unfathomable” that no one told Peters about the order and noted that
records show one of them opened the order shortly after it was issued. She has
three layers.
Peters, a
Trump ally who has been peddling claims of widespread voter fraud in the 2020
elections without evidence lost a bid in last month’s primary election to
become the Republican candidate for Colorado secretary of state, according to
The Associated Press. Barrett said she must file a motion to travel out of
Colorado and wait for approval before doing so.
“You leave
one minute before you tell me you are going to leave, that’s a violation of
your bond,” he said.
Peters is
accused of working with two employees in her office to allow an unauthorized
person to make a copy of the country’s election equipment last copy during an
update last year, The Associated Press cited court documents.
Peters is
charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, criminal
impersonation, two counts of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, one
count of identity theft, first degree official misconduct, violation of duty
and failing to comply with the secretary of state.
She had
dismissed the charges as politically motivated.