Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) announced Friday he is granting clemency to Tina Peters — the former election official convicted for her role in a voting system breach — cutting her sentence and making her eligible for parole as soon as next month.
The move marks a dramatic and controversial intervention in one of the most closely watched election interference cases to emerge after the 2020 election — and comes after months of sustained pressure from President Donald Trump and his far-right allies to secure Peters’ release.
“We condemn Governor Polis’ clemency grant. It is a gross injustice to our elections, election workers and democracy with far-reaching consequences,” Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) said in a statement. “This is a dark day for democracy.”
Hasn’t she been unrepentant?
Fully, and if given the chance has a high likelihood of recidivism (in my opinion).
At minimum, it shows others that there aren’t consequences.
It signals to Trump that if he squeezes Democratic governors hard enough and with the right leverage, they will give him whatever he wants
Yeah yeah Polis says he wasn’t pressured but if you believe that I have a mountain in Colorado to sell you.
Notice the funding for water projects was recently released, surely a coincidence.
Well then is there a chance her parole would be denied?
Depending on the terms of her probation, fraternizing with felons could be a violation, and I know a 34 time felon that she’s probably going to want to hang out with haha. Beyond that, her sentence is commuted and there isn’t anyone able to stop it once Polis signs the paperwork.
Allegedly
Yes. I followed that trial. She gave the judge a hard time the entire way through. And she was unrepentant. She still is.
Up until Polis mentioned he’d need to see repentance. Then she suddenly found Jesus and realized she was an itty bit sowwy for what she did