Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years for election tampering in Colorado

Tina Peters, a prominent election denier and Trump supporter, was sentenced Thursday to 8 ½ years in prison and six months in jail for election tampering after prosecutors and witnesses blamed her for fueling a national movement to undermine trust in U.S. elections. Why it matters: The prison sentence is one of the first for perpetrators of "the big lie" that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from then-President Trump. Driving the news: Colorado District Court Judge Matthew Barrett, an appointee of the Democratic governor, issued the sentence after telling...