The ex-county clerk was convicted of participating in a scheme to prove false claims that the 2020 election was rigged
Trump has pardoned former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted of breaching voting systems. A federal judge recently denied her request for release.
Trump's pardon is largely symbolic since Peters, who is now in prison, was convicted of state crimes, which are not shielded by presidential pardon powers. “Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"No President has jurisdiction over state law nor the power to pardon a person for state convictions."
After years of promoting baseless claims of voter fraud that President Donald Trump has frequently touted, a conservative activist has landed a top position at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Tina Peters was sentenced for a Colorado state crime that the president has no ability to pardon. President Trump has no legal power to free her from prison.
Tina Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison for election interference.
Diplomatic tensions escalate as President Donald Trump casts doubt on Ukraine’s democracy, criticizing its ongoing wartime ban on national elections.
President Trump said in an interview Monday that Ukraine should hold new elections despite its ongoing war with Russia — prompting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to declare he’s “ready” for them to begin when voters can be safe.