{"id":2622824,"date":"2026-07-02T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polis-fires-colorado-clemency-board-members-over-confidentiality-violation\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:36:08","slug":"polis-fires-colorado-clemency-board-members-over-confidentiality-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/polis-fires-colorado-clemency-board-members-over-confidentiality-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Polis fires Colorado clemency board members over confidentiality violation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fpolis-fires-colorado-clemency-board-members-over-confidentiality-violation%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=2622824&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 Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) dismissed two members of the Executive Clemency Advisory Board after they publicly disclosed that the board unanimously recommended denying clemency to Tina Peters, a Republican Mesa county Clerk convicted for tampering with voting machines. Despite thier advice, Polis granted her clemency in June, leading to outrage among Democrats. The two board members published an op-ed criticizing Polis&#8217;s decision and revealing details about their vote, wich resulted in their firing for violating confidentiality laws, as they disclosed confidential proceedings and records. Polis emphasized that maintaining confidentiality is essential for the integrity of the clemency process.Tina Peters, who was sentenced to nine years in prison and later released after Polis&#8217;s commutation, visited Donald Trump at the White House following her release. Publicly, some officials like Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser opposed Peters\u2019s release, reaffirming her conviction and emphasizing her violations as serious misconduct. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-kamala-harris-appears-to-wear-62000-designer-necklace-while-begging-americans-for-money\/\" title=\"Fact Check: Kamala Harris Appears to Wear ,000 Designer Necklace While Begging Americans for Money\">controversy highlights tensions<\/a> over clemency decisions and openness in the state&#8217;s justice system.  <\/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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4578680\/colorado-democrats-censure-jared-polis-tina-peters-commutation\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4578680\">Jared Polis<\/a> (D-CO) fired two clemency board members who publicly disclosed their vote against commuting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4589033\/tina-peters-release-prison-colorado-polis-commuted-sentence\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4589033\">Tina Peters<\/a>, breaking confidentiality law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters became a cause celebre among Republicans, including President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>, after she was sentenced to nine years in prison over her conviction in a 2024 plot to tamper with voting machines. Polis controversially commuted her sentence on June 1, outraging many Democrats. Two members of Colorado\u2019s Executive Clemency Advisory Board, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >confidential governor-appointed board tasked<\/a> with advising the governor on commutations and pardons, released an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/06\/18\/clemency-board-members-speak-out-tina-peters-jared-polis\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/06\/18\/clemency-board-members-speak-out-tina-peters-jared-polis\/\">op-ed<\/a> June 18 in the <em>Denver Post<\/em> bashing the decision and revealing details about it, resulting in their firing on Wednesday.<\/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\/4633658\/dhs-blasts-tim-walz-pardoning-immigrant-convicted-sexually-assaulting-preteen-girl\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DHS blasts Tim Walz for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boy-goes-missing-while-swimming-in-potomac-river-by-great-falls-park\/\" title=\"Boy goes missing while swimming in Potomac River by Great Falls Park\">pardoning immigrant convicted<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-blasts-tim-walz-for-pardoning-immigrant-convicted-of-sexually-assaulting-preteen-girl\/\" title=\"DHS blasts Tim Walz for ... of sexually assaulting preteen girl\">sexually assaulting preteen girl<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4633647\/u-s-beats-bosnia-herzegovina-2-0-to-advance\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>U.S. beats Bosnia-Herzegovina 2-0 to advance to round of 16 and keep its World Cup dreams alive<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4632952\/union-station-ford-exhibit-america-250\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Road to America 250 starts with Ford: Exhibit at Union Station shows off iconic vehicles<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter sent to Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2026\/07\/01\/jared-polis-clemency-board-firings-tina-peters\/\">viewed<\/a> by the <em>Colorado Sun<\/em>, Polis told the two they were terminated from their positions for violating their confidentiality agreements. The board is subject to an executive order holding that all proceedings and records \u201cshall be confidential and shall be available solely to the Governor and the Governor\u2019s staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMembers of the Executive Clemency Advisory Board are entrusted with access to highly confidential information throughout the clemency process,\u201d Polis wrote in the two letters. \u201cMaintaining the integrity of the clemency review process and preserving the confidentiality of Board deliberations are essential to the Board\u2019s mission and the trust placed in its members. As a result, your continued service on the Board is inconsistent with the requirements of the Executive Order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most damning for the duo was that they revealed the entire board unanimously voted against clemency for Peters twice. Polis went against the advice and gave her clemency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTina Peters was recommended for denial,\u201d they wrote. \u201cOur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enough-is-enough-san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\/\" title=\"\u2018Enough Is Enough\u2019: San Francisco Sues Its Own School District Over Re-Opening Plan\">board voted<\/a> no. Twice. Unanimously. The governor granted her clemency anyway. The problem is not about Tina Peters\u2019 case in isolation. It is what his decision reveals. That the system bends for some and holds firm against everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though the firings were due to violations of their confidentiality agreement, the move is likely to further embitter Democrats angry over the decision to grant clemency. Even fellow Colorado state officials have deviated on public messaging around the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D), who won the Democratic primary this week to succeed Polis, publicly opposed Peters earlier this year. When her <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4513838\/tina-peters-conviction-upheld-court-orders-resentencing-2020-fraud\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4513838\/tina-peters-conviction-upheld-court-orders-resentencing-2020-fraud\/\">appeal was rejected in April<\/a>, he said her sentence was \u201cfair and appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4589033\/tina-peters-release-prison-colorado-polis-commuted-sentence\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4589033\">TINA PETERS RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER JARED POLIS COMMUTED HER SENTENCE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhatever happens with her sentence, Tina Peters will always be a convicted felon who violated her duty as Mesa County clerk, put other lives at risk, and threatened our democracy. Nothing will remove that stain,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Peters visited Trump in the Oval Office earlier this week after her release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polis fires clemency members for revealing Tina Peters&#8217; vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2622825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26050614280951.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[22725,6024,82101,33010,51095],"class_list":["post-2622824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-clemency","tag-colorado","tag-confidentiality-breach","tag-criminal-justice","tag-government-misconduct"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26050614280951.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2622824"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2622828,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2622824\/revisions\/2622828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2622825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2622824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2622824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2622824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}