Worker pleads guilty in Colorado election equipment tampering case
  • el año pasado
A former elections manager who prosecutors say assisted in a security breach of voting equipment in a Colorado county pleaded guilty on Wednesday under a plea agreement that requires her to testify against her former boss. Sandra Brown is one of two employees accused of helping Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters allow a copy of a hard drive to be made during an update of election equipment last year in search of proof of the false conspiracy theories spun by former President Donald Trump. Brown, 45, pleaded guilty to attempting to influence a public servant, a felony, and official misconduct, a misdemeanor, but will not be sentenced until right after she testifies at Peters' trial next year so her performance on the witness stand can be considered. "There were things going on that I should have questioned and I didn't," Brown told Judge Matthew Barrett. In August, Peters' chief deputy, Belinda Knisley, also pleaded guilty under a deal that required her to testify against Peters. She only pl
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