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'A dangerous precedent’: CO Gov. Polis grants clemency to convicted 2020 election denier
MSNBC· 2026-05-16 15:04
the prison sentence of 2020 election denier Tina Peters, the former county clerk convicted of helping breach her own county's voting machines. Peters was sentenced to nine years after prosecutors proved she gave an unauthorized person access to Mesa County election equipment in the aftermath of the 2020 election, then helped spread false claims that the vote was stolen. Her case became a cause celebre on the right, with President Trump repeatedly calling her a quote, political prisoner and demanding that Co ...