A pro-Trump county clerk is accused of helping to leak sensitive election data to one of QAnon's leaders: reports
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A pro-Trump election official in Colorado is accused of assisting in the compromising of voting machines and allowing someone to leak sensitive data to a prominent QAnon influencer, according to Vice.
Tina Peters, a county clerk in Mesa, Colorado, and so-called "Trump Truther," permitted surveillance cameras to be turned off for up to two months, it is alleged. During that time, she has allowed someone to steal information that was then leaked to QAnon figurehead Ron Watkins, the media outlet reported.
At some point in May, Peters's office reportedly ordered officials to turn off the surveillance cameras monitoring Mesa County's voting equipment, according to evidence from Colorado's Democratic Secretary of State Jenna Griswold.
The cameras were not turned on again until this month, Vice reported, which broke the equipment's "chain of custody" and means that the machines cannot be used in November's city, town, and school district elections.
"This is troubling for the entire state of Colorado to have someone in a trusted position, literally trusted to protect democracy, allow this type of situation to occur," Griswold said during a Thursday press conference. "To be very clear, Mesa County Clerk and Recorder allowed a security breach and by all evidence at this point assisted it."