"But Peters was found guilty in state court, which means her conviction is beyond the scope of the president's pardon powers. After the 2020 election, Peters allowed an authorized person to access the county's voting machines and gather county passwords and proprietary information about the machines. Like Trump, Peters peddled conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged against him. Last year, she was sentenced to nine years in prison after being convicted of tampering with voting machines."
"Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the crime' of demanding Honest Elections, the president wrote. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election! Shortly afterward, Weiser appeared on KUSA, the NBC affiliate in Denver, where he made clear that the president does not have clemency powers when it comes to state offenses."
"The attorney general appeared borderline annoyed that he had to answer such a question: No. This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation. It has no basis in American law. Our system of government gives states authority to run their own criminal justice systems. As you noted, there was a trial. There was a conviction by a jury."
President Donald Trump announced a full pardon for Tina Peters on Truth Social. Peters was convicted in Colorado state court of tampering with voting machines after allowing an authorized person to access county voting machines and gather passwords and proprietary information. A jury convicted Peters and she received a nine-year prison sentence. Presidential clemency powers do not extend to state-level convictions, so the pardon cannot nullify her state sentence. Colorado officials, including Attorney General Phil Weiser, said Colorado will not release Peters and characterized the pardon announcement as lawless and an act of intimidation. Peters had promoted conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
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