Tag: tina peters
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Is a pardon for Tina Peters coming? Colorado governor confirms he is weighing options
Gov. Jared Polis on Friday strongly indicated he is considering clemency for Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of a security breach at her election office. When pressed about the matter, Polis didn’t offer an explicit answer, but he confirmed that he will be reviewing the applications from a batch of prisoners, and Peters…
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Tina Peters will ask appeals court to overturn her conviction today: Here’s what you need to know.
Lawyers for former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will try to convince a state appeals court on Wednesday afternoon to overturn her conviction in a case involving a security breach at the election office she ran. Mesa County jurors convicted Peters last year for her role in a security breach of her office’s voting equipment when she…
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Frozen funds, vetoes and lawsuits: Why Colorado says it’s in Trump’s crosshairs
Colorado Democrats have accused President Donald Trump of deliberately targeting their state, arguing his administration is using federal powers to punish it for its policies and resistance. But whether Colorado is being singled out — and why — depends largely on who is asked. Since returning to office, Trump has openly criticized Democratic-led states, at…
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LETTERS: Tina Peters’ mistaken belief; a common misconception
Peters’ mistaken belief I grow weary of MAGA party members whining about poor Tina Peters. She continues to erroneously believe that Donald Trump won the presidential election in 2020. She apparently thought that she would be able to prove that by allowing unauthorized access to Mesa County voting machines. It is difficult to see how…
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‘Rot in hell’: Trump post reignites feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters
Heading into the New Year, President Donald Trump said he would like Gov. Jared Polis and others in Colorado to “rot in hell.” The object of the president’s ire is Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of state crimes for a data breach in the 2020 election. Polis, along with other Colorado officials, has…
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Peters earned her prison time; GOP must move on | BRAUCHLER
The Tina Peters case continues to reveal how the Republican Party has abandoned its long-time commitment to the Rule of Law, including our once sacrosanct Constitution. Republicans BT (Before Trump) were committed to law and order, without passion or prejudice. The law mattered. But no more. Last week, POTUS declared that he had granted a…
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Trump pardons Tina Peters, but Colorado officials say he can’t reverse state convictions | TRAIL MIX
President Donald Trump said late on Dec. 11 that he had issued a pardon for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of orchestrating a scheme to breach secure election equipment, though Colorado officials and legal experts immediately countered that the president’s broad pardon powers don’t extend to state-level crimes like those committed by…
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Trump says he has ‘pardoned’ Tina Peters
President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “pardoning” Tina Peters, though that won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator as she was convicted under state laws of a security breach of her office’s voting equipment. Trump’s pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and…
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Trump says on social media he’s pardoning Tina Peters; is that within the president’s authority?
President Donald Trump announced on social media Thursday that he is pardoning convicted former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. Peters was convicted on Colorado state charges, and under current law, presidential pardons don’t apply to state convictions. In a Truth Social post, Trump said, “Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts…
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Federal judge rejects Tina Peters’ request for release pending appeal
A federal judge rejected the petition of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters on Monday to be released from incarceration pending the resolution of her criminal appeal. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak wrote in a Dec. 8 order that Peters satisfied none of the criteria that permit federal courts to intervene in ongoing…