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).
Allegedly
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
Yes. I followed that trial. She gave the judge a hard time the entire way through. And she was unrepentant. She still is.