Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Democratic Gov. Says He’s ‘Considering’ Clemency for Pro-Trump Official Convicted of Election Breach (Tina Peters)
Mediaite ^ | 1/09/26 | David Gilmour

Posted on 01/10/2026 3:40:36 AM PST by Libloather

Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said that in his last stretch in office he is considering clemency for Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who was jailed over an unauthorized breach of voting systems when seeking to validate President Donald Trump’s claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

Peters, 70, was convicted last year on state charges after participating in the 2021 breach and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Pueblo women’s prison.

In an interview with CBS Colorado on Thursday, Polis told journalists he was weighing clemency and described the prison sentence handed to Peters as “harsh” and implied he was reviewing her case alongside others involving elderly inmates.

“She got a sentence that was harsh. It was a nine-year sentence,” Polis said. “We always look at people’s sentences, and when you have people that are elderly, and we’re looking at this across a number of people – people in their 70s and 80s in our system – how much of a threat to society are they? And we balance that in a way that makes sure that they can spend their last few years at home.”

The campaign for Peters’ release has been championed consistently at the highest level by President Donald Trump, who, in December, branded Polis a “SLEAZEBAG” for refusing to free her. Trump argued Peters was an “elderly woman” and “cancer survivor” persecuted by Democrats – her age now a factor that Polis has hitched his considerations to.

Trump previously attempted to intervene in Peters’ case, even issuing a pardon last year, but because Peters was convicted under state law, it carried no legal weight. Trump later blocked federal funding to Colorado, escalating tensions with the Democratic governor.

(Excerpt) Read more at mediaite.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: breach; clemency; colorado; election; lawfare; peters; polismoker; politicalprisoners
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last
To: Gen.Blather

I actually had some respect for Moynihan.


21 posted on 01/10/2026 5:24:00 AM PST by ComputerGuy (FAFO is known as the Trump Doctrine)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

Dominion, Smartmatic, Sequoia

..all derived from common software stacks

Trump’s investigators have enough to bring down the House, Senate and 71 other corrupt countries. Polis needs to do the right thing immediately, as PDJT has offered a chance for him here.


22 posted on 01/10/2026 5:41:49 AM PST by rx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

Polis probably gamed-out that having her die in prison isn’t going to help his Presidential ambitions. It’s also possible Trump cut a deal with him or threatened him with something.


23 posted on 01/10/2026 5:49:31 AM PST by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

Both limbs are part of the same fraud elephant in the room.


24 posted on 01/10/2026 5:51:39 AM PST by cuz1961
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

Bingo!

He wants this story, an atrocity, to go away. It won’t.


25 posted on 01/10/2026 6:05:29 AM PST by Freedom4US
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: rx
I know SMARTMATIC was "invented" by VENEZUELANS to get someone to win an election....could have been Chavez!

ANY STATE that uses ANY of these CHEATING MACHINES MUST BE INVESTIGATED!!

26 posted on 01/10/2026 6:22:53 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: All

‘Massive fraud’ in Georgia’s Fulton County ...... 315,000 unsigned ballots illegally used.

After 5 years of reassuring everyone the 2020 election was honest and true,
a Fulton County official admits to verifying 315,000 votes in 2020 ... that
were unsigned and should not have been approved.


27 posted on 01/10/2026 7:11:21 AM PST by Liz (Jonathan Swift: Government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

Exactly. He knows he’s the one who should be in jail and may soon be in jail, and he wants to buy some favor with those who knew his role in putting a hero in prison for actually doing her job against the fraud.


28 posted on 01/10/2026 7:12:49 AM PST by butterdezillion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

Trump retruthed:

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115841121144497899


29 posted on 01/10/2026 7:13:15 AM PST by MulberryDraw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

Dominionm, which is the same thing because the Smartmatic software that was designed to steal elections is running Dominion from servers in Belgrade, Serbia. The whistleblowing engineers who actually did the theft have cooperated with Gary Berntsen and his Venequelan research partner and are now cooperating with the DOJ, and can testify exactly how they did the steal in all these states. One guy who has spoken directly with Maduro also says that Maduro has admitted that 2020 was stolen by them and he can tell exactly how they did it.


30 posted on 01/10/2026 7:15:49 AM PST by butterdezillion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Flavious_Maximus

I suspect they’re going to find both Polis and Griswold on the payroll of Cartel del Sol. And they’re going to find that Venezuela stole the election to put both of them in office as well.


31 posted on 01/10/2026 7:17:53 AM PST by butterdezillion
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: ComputerGuy

“He’s not doing this out of the goodness of his heart.”

indeed ... trump is already putting the screws to colorado because of the persecution of Peters, vetoing a Fed-funded colorado water project just a couple of days ago ...


32 posted on 01/10/2026 7:23:31 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy

Not necessary. All she has to have is copies of voting registrations vs mailin ballots accepted. In one polling place in Detroit there were >100K more ballots counted than registered voters.

THAT is the level of corruption that put ALLLLLL democratic politicos into office. That is why mailins and illegals are vital.


33 posted on 01/10/2026 7:25:31 AM PST by bobbo666
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

If the real Colorado election fraudsters violated federal law, DOJ should lock THEM up.

DOJ must stop election fraud or else all reforms will be reversed after the next rigged election.


34 posted on 01/10/2026 7:39:56 AM PST by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Enterprise

Yup...something’s up...wanting to keep Fed eyes off Colorado...


35 posted on 01/10/2026 8:12:55 AM PST by goodnesswins (Make educ institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Flavious_Maximus

A lot of people belong in jail...and some belong in the ground!


36 posted on 01/10/2026 8:22:41 AM PST by goodnesswins (Make educ institutions return to the Mission...reading, writing, math...not Opinions & propaganda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

I suspect Trump has made him an offer he can’t refuse without waking up next to a horse’s head.


37 posted on 01/10/2026 8:41:56 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ann Archy
Development of these slightly-varying vote-rigging machines was first proposed and supported by Cubans to resuscitate Hugo Chaves' projected imminent election loss, which was then turned back to corrupt "victory" through use of such machines.

Indeed, Venezuelan software developers made it happen and have continued with developments that ultimately delivered fraud-generating voting machines into 72 countries.

CIA Barry knew all about the fraudulent potential of these machines.


38 posted on 01/10/2026 2:34:37 PM PST by rx
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: Libloather

Don’t hold your breath on this...


39 posted on 01/14/2026 2:58:49 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-39 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson