DAILYCALLER (Derek VanBuskirk) - Democrats Retaliate Against Liberal Governor For Not Letting Trump Ally Tina Peters Rot In Prison
'Election tampering has consequences'
NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti and Jack Healy) - How a Jared Polis Came to Release Election Denier Tina Peters from Prison
Gov. Jared Polis’s decision to commute the sentence of Tina Peters came after months of tense discussions, including one with President Trump.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - Democrat SOS and Media Blast CO Gov. Polis for Tina Peters' Commutation; Hear How He Sets Them Straight
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Governor Finally Commutes Sentence of Tina Peters.
Governor Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted over her role in examining voting machines after the 2020 election.
Governor Jared Polis has commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted over her role in examining voting machines after the 2020 election . PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) has commuted the sentence of Tina Peters , a former county clerk aged 70, who was serving a nine-year sentence for her involvement in examining voting machines after the 2020 election. Peters was convicted in 2024 for attempting to prove that the machines were used to rig the election against President Donald J. Trump. DETAIL: Governor Polis claims that the commutation was not an attempt to appease Trump, but rather a response to what he viewed as an excessively harsh sentence for a nonviolent first-time offender.…Open
AXIOS (Esteban L. Hernandez) - Colorado election denier Tina Peters to be freed from prison
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday announced he's cutting disgraced election denier and former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters' sentence by half, making her eligible for release next month. Why it matters: The move comes after repeated calls from the Trump administration for Peters to be freed. - President Trump pardoned her late last year despite having no jurisdiction over state-level cases. Driving the news: The development means Peters is expected to be released on June 1. She had been serving a roughly nine-year sentence for tampering with county voting and records equipment after the 2020 election. State of play: Polis' decision drew immediate condemnation from other high-profile Democrats, including Attorney General Phil Weiser…
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commutes sentence of ex-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, to be freed in June
Polis denied that the commutation was an attempt to appease President Donald Trump, instead highlighting that Peters was a first-time nonviolent offender who was given an "unusually harsh sentence."
NYTIMES (Jack Healy and Nick Corasaniti) - Tina Peters, Colorado Election Denier, Will Be Freed by Gov. Jared Polis
Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, commuted the sentence of Ms. Peters, a former county clerk serving a nine-year sentence for her role in a plot to examine voting machines after the 2020 election.
NPR (Bente Birkeland) - Colorado's Democratic governor will let Trump ally Tina Peters out of prison early
Gov. Jared Polis' controversial commutation follows a pressure campaign by the Trump administration to free Tina Peters, an ex-county official who was convicted of tampering with election equipment.
WASHINGTONPOST (Salvador Rizzo, Jeremy Roebuck, Perry Stein) - DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters’ convictions for seditious conspiracy
President Donald Trump last year commuted the prison sentences of 12 members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
NYTIMES (Eduardo Medina) - Gov. Kay Ivey Commutes Death Sentence of Charles ‘Sonny’ Burton
The move by Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, is extremely rare. The inmate, Charles Burton, was scheduled to die even though the gunman’s sentence had been commuted years ago.