"Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 loss."
"In a letter to Peters, Polis wrote that Peters was convicted of serious crimes and deserved to spend time in prison. "However, this is an extremely unusual and lengthy sentence for a first time offender who committed nonviolent crimes," the governor wrote."
"Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, a Democrat, said "it was a dark day for democracy" and "selling out our state's justice system for Trump is an affront to the rule of law." "A clear message is being sent to those willing to break the law and attack democracy for the president - they will likely not face consequences for their actions," Griswold said at a news conference."
"Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars after being convicted in a scheme to make a copy of her county's election computer system. She gets released June 1. In April, a Colorado appeals court ordered Peters to be resentenced because it said the judge who sent her to prison wrongly punished her for speaking out about election fraud, a decision praised by Polis. The court upheld her convictions though."
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted Tina Peters’ sentence after pressure from President Donald Trump. Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk, was convicted in a scheme involving making a copy of her county’s election computer system and received a nine-year prison term. She is scheduled for release on June 1. An appeals court ordered resentencing after finding the original judge improperly punished her for speaking about election fraud, while upholding her convictions. Polis said the sentence was unusually lengthy for a first-time offender who committed nonviolent crimes. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold criticized the commutation as undermining democracy and the rule of law.
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