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.
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I suspect that Trump’s investigators have the goods on election fraud. No doubt it’s a pure coincidence that the Governor is suddenly considering clemency after Maduro was captured.
“how much of a threat to society are they?”
Gov Polis, please release Tina Peters.
He’s not doing this out of the goodness of his heart.
Agreed!!!
Does Colorado use SMARTMATIC voting machines????
You may remember senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the guy whose seat was handed off to Hillary Clinton...
He said, “Politics is all about who gets how much and when.” You can bet this bit of politics is a trade of some sort.
There are strings attached.
“I suspect that Trump’s investigators have the goods on election fraud.”
Fair guess the fraud in CO. goes much farther than just Tina Peters, bet the scams on Medicare/Medicaid, child care, SNAP etc. just like MN have been rampantly growing. Polis doesn’t want to be tagged for investigation like Walz, quite doubtful that he’s doing this from the kindness of his heart.
Colorado uses Dominion, not Smartmatic.
No doubt that Polis knows he has been caught. No other reason he would do this.
They know the hammer is coming down and suddenly attempting to look like caring individuals. Too little too late!
+1
Is Maduro singing already?
“ how much of a threat to society are they?”
I know an 82 year old vegetable that darn near destroyed the country in 4 years.
EC
Somebody has something on Polis. Interesting that this happens right after the Somali fraud in Minnesota.
The one person who belongs in jail, more than anyone in the world, is Jena Griswold (the Colorado SOS).
Tina Peters caught them in the act, she had the proof and then Griswald ordered the destruction of the election data.
I tell you now, Griswald is going to be held accountable. That day is coming.
I believe I read yesterday that Colorado has already been tagged for an investigation.
Moynihan was one of the last of the sane Democrats.
As you noted he openly admitted that Democrat politics was patronage politics.
He also understood that America’s cities were turning into dumpster fires—and it was the Democrat Party that was responsible for that and needed to own it.
Dominion Voting System........DVS....DEVIOUS !
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