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‘Rot in hell’: Trump post reignites feud with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over Tina Peters
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Heading into the New Year, President Donald Trump said he would like Gov. Jared Polis and others in Colorado to “rot in hell.” The object of the president’s ire is Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted of state crimes for a data breach in the 2020 election. Polis, along with other Colorado officials, has…
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Colorado Republicans at a crossroads on election integrity | OPINION
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By Matt Crane For more than two decades, I have worked to make Colorado’s elections accurate, secure and transparent. As Arapahoe County Clerk, I strengthened audits, pushed for transparency, and advocated common-sense safeguards like photo identification. Later, as an election security consultant to the federal government hired during the first Trump administration, I helped states…
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Peters earned her prison time; GOP must move on | BRAUCHLER
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The Tina Peters case continues to reveal how the Republican Party has abandoned its long-time commitment to the Rule of Law, including our once sacrosanct Constitution. Republicans BT (Before Trump) were committed to law and order, without passion or prejudice. The law mattered. But no more. Last week, POTUS declared that he had granted a…
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Trump says he has ‘pardoned’ Tina Peters
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said he is “pardoning” Tina Peters, though that won’t free the former Colorado elections administrator as she was convicted under state laws of a security breach of her office’s voting equipment. Trump’s pardon power does not extend to state crimes like those for which Peters was convicted last year and…
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Federal judge rejects Tina Peters’ request for release pending appeal
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A federal judge rejected the petition of former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters on Monday to be released from incarceration pending the resolution of her criminal appeal. Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge Scott T. Varholak wrote in a Dec. 8 order that Peters satisfied none of the criteria that permit federal courts to intervene in ongoing…
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Trump calls Jared Polis a ‘sleazebag’ for keeping ‘elderly woman’ Tina Peters in jail, governor responds
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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday to lambast Colorado Gov. Jared Polis over the case involving former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was sentenced to nine years in prison in 2024 for charges of giving unauthorized individuals access to the county’s election systems. Trump called Polis a “sleazebag” for denying the…
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Tina Peters will remain in state custody, Colorado corrections agency says
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Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters will remain in state custody amid a push by the federal corrections department to transfer her to its jurisdiction, the Colorado Department of Corrections said Tuesday. The Colorado agency does not have any plans to transfer Peters to federal custody at this time, a state spokesperson told 9News. Peters…
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Gov. Jared Polis urged to deny request for Tina Peters’ transfer to federal prison
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Attorney General Phil Weiser and Mesa County District Attorney Daniel Rubinstein are urging Gov. Jared Polis not to grant the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ request to transfer Tina Peters to federal custody. On Thursday, Weiser and Rubinstein sent a letter to Polis, arguing the federal government has “no legal basis” to interfere with Peters’ sentence.…
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Trump-backed Tina Peters faces state resistance in transfer to federal custody
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Colorado’s attorney general said he opposes efforts to move former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters from a state prison to a federal one, though he refused to comment on the specifics. In a statement to Colorado Politics on Monday, Phil Weiser said there is “no basis” for a request to transfer Peters, who was convicted…
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Colorado’s federal judges recused 200+ times in 4 years for variety of reasons
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Colorado’s federal judges issued orders recusing themselves from cases at least 203 times in four years, with reasons ranging from unspecified appearances of partiality to potential conflicts created by their prior employment and family connections. One judge also noted in recusing himself that if he ruled against an attorney who was his personal friend, “it…
