Attorneys for Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of state-level election interference, are asking a Colorado court to free her after President Donald Trump pardoned her.
In a motion filed Dec. 23, Peters’s lawyers said the Colorado Court of Appeals no longer has jurisdiction, or authority, over her case because Trump pardoned her on Dec. 5. They asked the court to release her from state prison based on the federal pardon.
The presidential document on file with the U.S. Department of Justice was signed by Trump on Dec. 5. It states that Peters is being given “a full and unconditional pardon” regarding “those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.”…
Tina Peters Asks Colorado Appeals Court to Recognize Trump’s Pardon
