US EditionTrump rips Colorado governor, DA over Tina Peters incarceration: ‘May they rot in hell’
Trump issued a pardon for Tina Peters and cut over $100 million in federal grants to Colorado, citing retaliation against the state's refusal to release her, officials said.
- On December 5, President Donald Trump issued a presidential pardon for Tina Peters, former Mesa County elections clerk, then defended her and attacked Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Truth Social.
- Her conviction stems from allowing unauthorized access to the election system, and prosecutors say she enabled a man tied to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to misuse a security card.
- Last week Peters' legal team asked a judge to recognize the pardon and release her, but a federal magistrate judge refused while the Colorado DOC denied transfer and the Colorado appeals court set a January 8 response deadline for the state attorney general's office.
- Following his pledge, President Donald Trump canceled $109 million in federal transportation grants, including a $66 million rail-safety project, and vetoed water funding for 39 communities.
- Observers flagged inaccuracies in President Donald Trump's post about Tina Peters' age, prison security, and health, and legal experts note a president can only pardon federal crimes, leaving state cases unresolved.
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Trump rips Colorado governor, DA over Tina Peters incarceration: ‘May they rot in hell’
President Trump said Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein should "rot in hell" for imprisoning ex-election clerk Tina Peters, wishing them "only the worst."
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The Independent (US)Trump kicks off NYE celebrations by telling fellow Republican to ‘rot in hell’
The president posted a message defending jailed former Colorado elections clerk and conspiracy theorist Tina Peters and blasted those who had prosecuted her
President Trump Demands Release of Imprisoned Colorado Election Clerk Tina Peters
President Trump has shared a pointed New Years message on Truth Social for Colorado state leaders who are refusing to release imprisoned former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters whom Trump pardoned on Dec. 5.
'Disgusting': Trump tells fellow Republican to 'rot in Hell' in New Years Eve rant
Donald Trump said a fellow Republican doesn't deserve a happy new year and instead should be sent to "Hell."The president early Wednesday took to Truth Social to go to bat for an incarcerated GOP operative."God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum S...
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