Trump calls for Colorado clerk Tina Peters to be released from prison

President Donald Trump on Monday called for former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters to be published from prison where she is serving a nine-year sentence for a voting statistics scheme related to the presidential ballot Peters is a political prisoner and hostage Trump stated in a Monday night post on Truth Social describing her situation as communist persecution by the radical left Democrats Peters incident was prosecuted by a Republican district attorney and she was convicted of several felonies related to unauthorized access to state voting machines including giving a precaution badge to a man associated with MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell so the man could access Mesa County s voting system in an unsuccessful search for voter fraud Related Articles Can the Trump administration intervene on Colorado s new gun-control law Republicans hope so Letters The caviar-filled crepes in Aspen represent a rich indifference Letters Social Safeguard reliance for the common people Kafer No Tina Peters should not go free only a limited months into her -year sentence Opinion Polis should end the persecution of Tina Peters with clemency The U S Department of Justice is already reviewing Colorado s prosecution of Peters and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein has repeatedly denied that her episode was politically motivated citing her conviction by a jury of her peers in a majority-Republican county In his Truth Social post Trump wrote he was ordering the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to secure Peters release This is a growing story and may be updated Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day