Trump announced a “full pardon” for Tina Peters

Tina Peters is serving a nine‑year sentence for state crimes in Colorado. A presidential pardon only applies to federal crimes, not state convictions.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-pardons-tina-peters-but-charged-in-state-court/

President Trump said Thursday evening he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who is serving a nine-year state sentence for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines — even though the president’s pardon power is widely understood to only apply to federal crimes.

“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,” the president claimed on Truth Social, though Peters was prosecuted by an elected Republican district attorney. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections.”

Mr. Trump claimed Peters was trying to “expose Voter Fraud” in 2020. The president has long insisted, without evidence, that he lost the 2020 race due to fraud, claims that were promoted by Peters, a onetime candidate for Colorado secretary of state.

 

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