US EditionColorado AG accuses Trump of ‘revenge campaign’ for state refusal to free convicted elections clerk
The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration cut $724 million in federal funds and retaliated over Colorado's mail-in voting and imprisonment of former clerk Tina Peters.
- On Thursday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser amended a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver to broaden claims he called a `revenge campaign` by the Trump administration.
- Weiser says the motive was to coerce Colorado to end mail‑in voting and secure Tina Peters' release, linking recent months' actions like dissolving NCAR and withholding funds to this pressure.
- The filing details funding cuts including cancellation of $615 million in Department of Energy funds for Colorado and demands affecting more than 100,000 households, among other actions.
- Weiser asked U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson to declare Colorado unjustly punished and reverse cuts, while White House officials defended the moves as lawful executive discretion.
- Weiser says the lawsuit tests constitutional limits on singling out states and remains a developing story to `stay tuned`, while President Donald Trump issued a symbolic pardon for Tina Peters last month.
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Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser speaks on Jan. 8, 2026, during a virtual press conference where he announced an updated lawsuit that says the Trump administration violated Colorado’s state sovereignty. (Screenshot from Zoom)A lawsuit that says the Trump administration violated Colorado’s state sovereignty has been updated to cite additional federal actions the state says are unconstitutional, according to Colorado Attorney General Phil Wei…
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