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President Donald Trump unleashed on Colorado officials on Wednesday, calling them out for the imprisonment of Tina Peters, a former Mesa County clerk, currently serving out a total of nine years behind bars for allegations related to her past actions in the position.
“God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum Security Prison, at the age of 73, and sick, for the ‘crime’ of trying to stop the massive voter fraud that goes on in her State ( where people are leaving in record numbers!),” the president wrote on Truth Social.
As reported by RSBN, Peters was convicted in 2024 on multiple state charges, like first-degree official misconduct and failure to comply with the Secretary of State. She was sentenced to a total of nine years of incarceration.
Peters gained prominence in the election integrity movement for her claims about the 2020 election in her county. Following a security breach in the Mesa County system, allegedly restricted voting data was copied and then surfaced online, per RSBN.
Election integrity advocates and supporters have broadly argued that Peters’ actions were patriotic and were meant to highlight alleged flaws in the voting system. Prosecutors, however, argued that her actions were illegal, thus the litany of charges against her.
“Hard to wish her a Happy New Year, but to the Scumbag Governor, and the disgusting ‘Republican’ (RINO!) DA, who did this to her (nothing happens to the Dems and their phony Mail In Ballot System that makes it impossible for a Republican to win an otherwise very winnable State!), I wish them only the worst,” President Trump acerbically remarked.
He added, “May they rot in Hell.”
In early December, the president issued a full pardon for Peters, but she nevertheless remains in prison.
A presidential pardon is effective for those who are charged with federal crimes, but it does not necessarily guarantee clemency for state crimes. The president’s pardon was likely meant to apply political pressure on Colorado state officials to take a closer look at Peters’ situation.
Colorado Democrat Governor Jared Polis has the authority to issue a pardon for state charges, but he has largely positioned himself as an opponent to the president’s agenda.
President Trump has called Polis a “sleazebag” in past comments, as well as a “lightweight.”
Shortly after issuing the presidential pardon, President Trump’s DOJ Civil Rights Division launched a civil investigation into the conditions of the Colorado prison system, spearheaded by no-nonsense DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon, after receiving reports of “unconstitutional and legally insufficient carceral conditions.”
The investigation is ongoing and has not yet yielded any conclusions regarding such allegations.
