Trump announces pardon for Tina Peters, increasing pressure to free her though he can’t erase state charges
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Key Points:
- Former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, convicted on state charges related to election system breaches, received a full federal pardon from former President Donald Trump, who framed her actions as attempts to expose voter fraud in the 2020 election.
- Peters is serving a nine-year sentence in a Colorado women's prison and remains the only Trump ally incarcerated for crimes linked to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election; her lawyers have expressed concerns about her health and safety in prison.
- Trump's pardon does not affect Peters' state conviction or incarceration, and federal courts have ruled that state courts are the proper venue for her legal challenges, rejecting her federal lawsuit for release.
- Colorado Governor Jared Polis and Attorney General Phil Weiser, both Democrats, have stated that
