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Trump Issues Another Largely Symbolic Pardon

Tina Peters jailed in Colorado after tampering with voting machines

(Newser) - President Trump is again handing out pardons that don't actually change anyone's sentence. The POTUS on Thursday announced on Truth Social that he is granting a "full Pardon" to Tina Peters, the ex-Mesa County, Colo., clerk serving a nine-year state prison term over tampering with her county'...

Colorado Won't Transfer Tina Peters to Federal Custody

Former county clerk is a hero to election conspiracy theorists

(Newser) - Colorado doesn't plan to transfer from state prison to federal custody a former county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists following a request from the Trump administration, state officials say. The Colorado Department of Corrections said it is not seeking a transfer of Tina Peters, who...

Trump Threatens 'Harsh Measures' in County Clerk Case

He orders Colorado to free Tina Peters

(Newser) - President Trump has renewed his call for the release of Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who is serving a nine-year sentence for tampering with voting machines in a fruitless attempt to show that Democrats had tampered with the machines in the 2020 election. Trump can't pardon...

Trump: Imprisoned County Clerk Must Go Free

Demands Tina Peters be freed in Colorado after her conviction on tampering with voting machines

(Newser) - President Trump is calling for the release from prison of a former county clerk in Colorado who breached voting machine protocols back in 2020. Trump can't pardon Tina Peters because she was convicted of state crimes, explains 9NEWS . But he can ramp up pressure on state officials, which is...

'One-Time Hero to Election Deniers' Is Going to Jail

Ex-county clerk Tina Peters gets 9 years

(Newser) - The former clerk of a Colorado county who tampered with voting machines was on Thursday sentenced to nine years behind bars. Tina Peters, who messed with the machines in an unsuccessful attempt to show the 2020 presidential election had been rigged against Donald Trump, was at the time a hero...

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