A rural Colorado county courthouse beefed up security Friday after threats were made against staff and a judge who sentenced former county clerk Tina Peters to nearly nine years behind bars and admonished her for her role in a data breach scheme catalyzed by the lie that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump.

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a vocal figure in the MAGA movement, was sentenced to nine years behind bars on Thursday, with Colorado Judge Matthew Barrett delivering a scathing condemnation of her actions.

Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk sentenced to prison earlier this week, has been widely condemned for the voter data scheme over which she was convicted. The judge in the case has also been receiving receiving threats.

A former Colorado county clerk has been sentenced to nine years behind bars for leading a scheme to breach voting system data in her county.

Peters was convicted of three counts of trying to influence a public servant, one count of conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty and neglecting to comply with the secretary of state.

With her pleas for leniency denied, former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years for her role in a data breach scheme linked to the 2020 presidential election. “I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could.

Colorado court administrators are investigating threats against a district court judge and its staff after a former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters was sentenced this week in an election case. District Court Judge Matthew Barrett sentenced Peters to nine years in prison on Thursday and disparaged her push of discredited claims about rigged voting

We are receiving threats and compliments regarding Judge Barrett’s sentencing of Tina Peters,” a court executive said Friday

Peters was found guilty of having given a man affiliated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell access to the Colorado county's election systems.