On Monday, just days after secret login passwords for Mesa County, Colorado's voting machines appeared on the infamous far right fake news site Gateway Pundit, Secretary of State Jena Griswold assured residents that "this breach in security protocol has not created an imminent direct security risk to Colorado’s elections, and did not occur during an election." On Thursday, however, after launching investigating both the equipment, and the circumstances of the leaked information, Griswold made a shocking allegation: County Clerk and Recorder Tina M. Peters had been instrumental in letting the leak happen, and may have even facilitated the breach herself.
"To be very clear; Mesa County Clerk and Recorder allowed a security breach and by all evidence at this point assisted it," Griswold told reporters during a press conference, where she also announced that the machines in question were being pulled from use.
