Jake Tapper reacts to Tina Peters' post-prison interview repeating election fraud claims
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Summary
CNN's Jake Tapper reacted with astonishment to comments made by Tina Peters, a former county clerk and election denier, after her release from prison. Peters appeared on Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast claiming she was jailed for exposing a Democratic plot to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump. The judge in her case had described her as a "charlatan" who abused her authority to help Trump's efforts to overturn the election results.
Key quotes
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Peters claimed that she was sent to jail for exposing a Democratic plot to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump
The judge described her as a 'charlatan' who was abusing her position of authority to help the Trump campaign in its efforts to overturn the election results
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