Tina Peters Asks Colorado Appeals Court to Recognize Trump’s Pardon
by Matthew Vadum, The Epoch Times
December 25, 2025
in Curated, News
Attorneys for Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of state-level election interference, are asking a Colorado court to free her after President Donald Trump pardoned her.
In a motion filed Dec. 23, Peters’s lawyers said the Colorado Court of Appeals no longer has jurisdiction, or authority, over her case because Trump pardoned her on Dec. 5. They asked the court to release her from state prison based on the federal pardon.
The presidential document on file with the U.S. Department of Justice was signed by Trump on Dec. 5. It states that Peters is being given “a full and unconditional pardon” regarding “those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security during the period from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.”
The Pardons Clause of the U.S. Constitution says the president has the power to “grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States.” The clause also allows presidents to grant preemptive pardons to individuals who have not yet been convicted of federal offenses.
Colorado officials say under state law, only Colorado’s governor, currently Jared Polis, a Democrat, may pardon Peters, who was convicted under state law.
Peters, 70, was convicted in Colorado state court in August 2024 of election-related charges, such as allowing unauthorized access to voting machines, and sentenced to nine years of incarceration. She is currently an inmate at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo, Colorado.
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