Colorado Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board

Gov. Jared Polis overruled his own clemency board to release Tina Peters

Months before Colorado Gov. Jared Polis freed election denier Tina Peters from prison, his own clemency board voted unanimously — twice — to reject her bid for early release, according to two Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi.

Colorado Governor Overruled His Own Clemency Board

“Months before Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado freed the felonious election denier Tina Peters from prison, his own clemency board voted unanimously — twice — to reject her bid for early release,” the New York Times reports. “The first vote, taken under a cloak of secrecy, came in January, when the board reviewed Ms. Peters’s application during one of its meetings…” “A month later, the board got an unusual request from the Democratic governor’s off…