Democratic state lawmakers urge Colorado governor not to shorten Tina Peters' sentence

Democrats in the Colorado Legislature are urging Gov. Jared Polis to reject a clemency petition from Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk and Trump ally convicted for her role in an election security breach.

“We urge you not to empower those who seek to undermine our elections and our Republic by providing them with a figurehead to rally around and near assurance that, when you tamper with our elections, you will escape justice,” the members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses wrote in the Wednesday letter.

It is unusual for members of the Legislature to weigh in on a clemency petition in such a way. Every statehouse Democrat signed the letter.

It comes after mounting pressure for Polis to commute Peters’ sentence, including from far-right figures and President Donald Trump, who gave Peters a symbolic pardon in December. Polis indicated on social media last week that he was open to clemency for Peters, comparing her to a former state senator who was sentenced to probation for one of the same felony charges.




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