{"id":2603339,"date":"2026-05-15T18:54:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-denier-tina-peters-to-be-granted-clemency-by-jared-polis\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:57:23","slug":"election-denier-tina-peters-to-be-granted-clemency-by-jared-polis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-denier-tina-peters-to-be-granted-clemency-by-jared-polis\/","title":{"rendered":"Election denier Tina Peters to be granted clemency by Jared Polis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felection-denier-tina-peters-to-be-granted-clemency-by-jared-polis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2603339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Colorado Gov.Jared Polis is reportedly planning to grant clemency to Tina Peters, teh former Mesa County clerk convicted in connection with the unauthorized copying of data from voting equipment during a 2021 software update. Peters-an election-denier figure-was sentenced in 2024 to nine years after prosecutors saeid she allowed an outside computer expert to access county systems,leading to election data being shared online and promoted at events.<\/p>\n<p>Polis\u2019 decision follows an appeals court ruling last month that upheld Peters\u2019 convictions but ordered resentencing as the original judge improperly considered her public statements.Polis has signaled concern that the sentence may have been too severe for a first-time, nonviolent offender, and he says he is focused on free-speech-related considerations rather than pressure from Donald Trump, who has called for her release on social media. peters\u2019 clemency application reportedly included an acknowledgment that she made a mistake by permitting someone to access county voting equipment. If clemency is granted, her anticipated release date would be moved up to around June 1.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) plans to grant clemency to former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, a prominent election denier serving a lengthy prison sentence for breaching election security equipment in the aftermath of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2020-elections\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"228\">2020 presidential election<\/a>, according to multiple reports Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Peters, 70, was sentenced in 2024 to nine years in prison after a jury convicted her on several felony and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbt-judge-who-ordered-an-attorney-handcuffed-and-put-in-the-box-resigns-from-office-amid-criminal-indictment\/\" title=\"LGBT Judge Who Ordered an Attorney Handcuffed and &#039;Put in the Box&#039; Resigns from Office Amid Criminal Indictment\">misdemeanor charges tied<\/a> to a scheme to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >copy sensitive election system data<\/a> from Mesa County voting equipment during a 2021 software update.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4570819\/doj-surge-national-guard-troop-america-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DOJ announces surge of National Guard troops ahead of America 250 celebrations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4570785\/harvey-weinstein-rape-retrial-end-mistrial-jury-deadlock\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Harvey Weinstein\u2019s rape retrial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4570551\/medicaid-fraud-arizona-behavior-health-service-crackdown\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Medicaid fraud for Arizona behavioral health services dropped 92% after crackdown<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Prosecutors said Peters allowed an outside computer expert affiliated with allies of President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to gain unauthorized access to county systems. Passwords and election data were later spread online and promoted at events, alleging that the 2020 election had been rigged. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Polis had increasingly signaled he was weighing clemency after a Colorado appeals court last month upheld Peters\u2019 convictions but ordered her resentencing, ruling the trial judge improperly considered her public statements while imposing punishment. The court did not overturn the underlying guilty verdicts. <\/p>\n<p>The governor had publicly questioned whether Peters\u2019 nine-year sentence was too hard for a first-time, nonviolent offender. <\/p>\n<p>Trump had repeatedly called for Peters\u2019 release, at one point claiming he had pardoned her, though presidents cannot pardon state convictions. Trump also publicly pressured Polis to intervene in the case. The president <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116580615618774330%20FREE%20TINA!\">posted to<\/a> Truth Social on Friday: \u201cFREE TINA!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polis said he plans to release Tina Peters over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-billionaire-sues-uk-journalist-publisher-over-book-tying-putin-to-kgb\/\" title=\"Russian Billionaire Sues UK Journalist, Publisher Over Book Tying Putin To KGB\">free speech concerns<\/a> rather than Trump\u2019s pressure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should be no consideration of what we say, how unpopular it is, how inaccurate it is in sentencing or in criminal proceedings,\u201d he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/15\/politics\/tina-peters-clemency-elections-jared-polis-colorado\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/05\/15\/politics\/tina-peters-clemency-elections-jared-polis-colorado\">told CNN<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He added that Trump frequently gets information about Peters wrong, and the president had reached out to him privately regarding the case. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe gets her age wrong,\u201d Polis said to CNN.\u00a0 \u201cHe gets what she did wrong. My focus was doing what\u2019s right and then looking at the merits of the case.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Polis had said that Peters acknowledged wrongdoing for the first time in her clemency application. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4570644\/lauren-boebert-campaign-thomas-massie-tough-kentucky-primary\/\"><strong>LAUREN BOEBERT TO CAMPAIGN FOR THOMAS MASSIE AHEAD OF TOUGH PRIMARY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made a mistake four years ago,\u201d Peters said. \u201cI misled the secretary of state when allowing a person to gain access to county voting equipment. That was wrong. Going forward, I will make sure that my actions always follow the law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peters had been serving her sentence at a state prison in Pueblo. Under Polis\u2019 expected clemency order, her release date is anticipated to be moved up to June 1. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Gov. 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