MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell created more legal trouble for controversial Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters after he told a local reporter he gifted hundreds of thousands of dollars to her legal fund.

On April 5th, NBC’s 9NEWS reporter Marshall Zelinger asked Lindell how much money he raised for Peters’ legal defense against felony charges for her role in breaching election equipment under her supervision:

Zelinger: “Mr. Lindell, how much have you raised for Tina Peters’s legal defense fund?”

Lindell: “I just put all the money in myself.”

Zelinger: “How much is that?”

Lindell: “I don’t know, I probably put in 3, 4, 5, maybe $800,000 of my own money.”

Peters, who is running for Colorado Secretary of State, was indicted in early March on multiple counts related to election tampering.

A grand jury indicted the elected Republican from Colorado’s Western Slope over allegations that she illegally allowed someone to copy passwords and other files from secure voting systems and post them online, which exposed the machines to hacking.

Peters has been “charged with three counts of attempting to influence a public servant, and one count each of conspiracy to commit attempting to influence, criminal impersonation, impersonation conspiracy, identity theft, official misconduct, violation of duty and failing to comply with the secretary of state’s office,” according to USA Today’s summary of the indictment.

Lindell’s statement resulted in yet another legal headache for Peters as the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission “voted 4-0 to accept a new complaint against Peters as non-frivolous, meaning the commission will look into the complaint,” according to local reports.

The complaint, which was accepted Tuesday, was filed by Anne Landman, who also successfully petitioned the commission to investigate two other ethics complaints against Peters.

Paul asked Lindell about one of those complaints regarding Peters accepting free travel from the pillow CEO and prominent activist claiming that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump:

Paul: “I know that the state’s investigating the flights that you gave to Tina Peters, can you talk about how many times you’ve had her on your private jet? Or if you’ve given her frequently rides to places?”

Lindell: “What? On the cyber symposium, I give rides from people all over the country. I had never met Tina Peters. That’s the plane ride you’re talking about. She came to the cyber symposium with the group from Colorado. I picked people up. I invited all 50 states. All 50 states were represented. There’s your answer. Another stupid question by a stupid journalist.”

Zelinger: “If you had just met her, you weren’t a close friend of hers?”

Lindell: “I just met her that day. Another dumb question.”

Peters, meanwhile, was barred this month from overseeing elections in her home county in 2022 while she remains under indictment for election tampering.

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