US EditionColorado Doesn't Plan to Transfer Imprisoned Former County Clerk to Federal Custody
Colorado DOC rejected a federal request to transfer Tina Peters, citing state rules; she is serving a nine-year sentence for election-related felonies, officials said.
- The Colorado Department of Corrections said it is not seeking to transfer Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of breaching voting machine data, to federal custody.
- Peters, 70, is serving a nine-year sentence at a state prison in Pueblo, and her release has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
- County clerks in Colorado have been urging Gov. Jared Polis to reject the federal transfer request, blaming Peters for fueling distrust in the voting system.
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Colorado is “not currently seeking a transfer” of Tina Peters to federal custody
The Colorado Department of Corrections said Wednesday it is “not currently seeking a transfer” of Tina Peters to federal custody despite a request from the Trump administration. The statement suggests Gov. Jared Polis’ administration has no plans to grant the request. Peters, the Republican former Mesa County clerk, was sentenced in October 2024 to nine years in state prison after being convicted of orchestrating a 2021 plot to breach the secur…
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Colorado doesn't plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer former county clerk Tina Peters to federal custody following a request from the Trump Administration to move her out of a state prison.
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system, characterizing it in a statement as not fitting with the “standard practice” for moving inmates. The statement was issued Tuesday night after county clerks and other elected officials had called on Gov. Jared Polis in recent days to deny the request from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The governor’s …
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system, characterizing it in a statement as not fitting with the “standard practice” for moving inmates. The statement was issued Tuesday night after county clerks and other elected officials had called on Gov. Jared Polis in recent days to deny the request from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The governor’s …
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system, characterizing it in a statement as not fitting with the “standard practice” for moving inmates. The statement was issued Tuesday night after county clerks and other elected officials had called on Gov. Jared Polis in recent days to deny the request from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The governor’s …
Colorado officials reject Tina Peters prison transfer request by Trump administration
The Colorado Department of Corrections says it won’t grant the Trump administration’s request to transfer Tina Peters to the federal prison system, characterizing it in a statement as not fitting with the “standard practice” for moving inmates. The statement was issued Tuesday night after county clerks and other elected officials had called on Gov. Jared Polis in recent days to deny the request from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The governor’s …
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