Colorado election clerk Tina Peters should be released immediately, says Donald Trump
President Donald Trump has called for the immediate release of Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk imprisoned for interfering with voting equipment during the 2020 presidential election.
Trump posted the following on Truth Social on Monday: “Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser incarcerated Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother who sought to uncover and record Democrat Election Fraud, while ignoring illegals committing violent crimes like rape and murder in his state.
Tina, an innocent political prisoner, is subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, which is a terrible and unfair punishment. The Radical Left Democrats are using this Communist persecution to hide their 2020 election-related wrongdoings.
“A grandmother whose courageous and heroic son sacrificed his life for America is being mercilessly imprisoned, maybe for life, by the same Democratic Party that travels to El Salvador in an attempt to liberate an MS-13 terrorist. This unfair imprisonment of an innocent American must stop in Colorado. To aid in achieving the release of this “hostage” who is being detained in a Colorado jail by the Democrats for political purposes, I am officially ordering the Department of Justice to take all necessary steps. “NOW, FREE TINA PETERS!”
In October 2024, Peters was found guilty of criminal charges pertaining to attempts to rig the 2020 presidential election, making her the first election official in the United States to receive a nine-year jail term.
Tina Peters: What Did She Do?
Peters was convicted in August 2024 of seven out of ten counts related to a 2021 election system violation in Colorado. She was found guilty on three charges of official misconduct, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, breach of duty, trying to influence a public officer, and disobeying a secretary of state order.
The jury found her not guilty of three additional charges: identity theft, criminal impersonation, and conspiracy to conduct criminal impersonation.
There were eight days of testimony throughout the trial. The trial concentrated on incidents that took place in May 2021, during which Peters faced accusations of planning an intrusion into the election security apparatus.
Peters was found guilty of permitting the abuse of a county security card, which gave someone associated with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell access to the Mesa County election system. She was also convicted of lying to other authorities about who the person was.
