What I Learned Watching the Tina Peters Case Unfold From the Inside
The story behind the headlines.
Today, Tina Peters was released from prison.
For many Americans, especially those outside the election integrity movement, Tina Peters is just another name in the headlines. But for those of us who have been involved in this movement for years, she has become one of its most recognizable figures.
I first heard of Tina Peters in August of 2021 when I attended Mike Lindell’s first Cyber Symposium in South Dakota.
At the time, I was still relatively new to the election integrity world, but Audit The Vote PA was really picking up steam as we had surpassed our goal of getting over 100,000 signatures on the petition in late June, early July. Our dinner with President Trump was all set up for the following week, but by and large, we were still relatively unknown.
I remember watching Tina on stage and hearing about what had happened in Mesa County, Colorado. I didn’t fully understand all the details then, but I remember thinking it was encouraging to see an elected election official willing to ask difficult questions about voting systems and willing to take personal risks in pursuit of answers.
Whether people agreed with her or not, she wasn’t acting like someone who was simply going along with the crowd.
She was asking questions.
And in a healthy republic, asking questions should never be a crime.
Meeting Tina
I eventually met Tina in person during the summer of 2023 when we both attended an election integrity event in California. By then, I had seen the documentary Selection Code, and Tina had already spent years at the center of a national controversy.
Regardless of where someone stood on the issues, it was impossible to ignore the toll the journey must have taken. For nearly two years, she had been scrutinized by the media, criticized by political opponents, navigating legal battles, and living with the uncertainty of what might happen next. Most people would have been exhausted.
Yet what struck me about Tina wasn’t anger or bitterness.
She seemed upbeat.
Determined.
Resolved.
She understood the pressure she was under, but she also seemed committed to continuing the fight for what she believed in, regardless of the personal cost.
Later that summer, I saw her again at Mike Lindell’s third Cyber Symposium. I even had an opportunity to have Tina briefly say hello to our Constitution Coaches on Patriot Academy’s weekly Coaches Corner call.
At the time, I genuinely did not believe she would ultimately end up in prison.
I assumed the legal system would sort through the facts and that any mistakes made would be weighed against the broader context of what had occurred.
I was wrong.
For my paid subscribers, I want to share my perspective on where I think things went awry, what the Mesa County forensic reports actually found, and why I believe the media largely ignored the most important questions raised by the case.
