US EditionFormer Colorado clerk will remain in state prison after a federal judge rejects her bid for freedom
Federal court ruled against releasing Tina Peters during her appeal of a 2024 conviction for election-related data breach, citing lack of authority to overturn state sentencing.
- A federal magistrate judge rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk, Tina Peters, to be released from prison while appealing her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme related to false 2020 election fraud claims.
- Peters argued her First Amendment rights were violated when the state judge sentenced her to nine years in prison for spreading lies about voting and undermining democracy.
- Former President Trump and his supporters have called for Peters' release, with Trump warning of 'harsh measures' if she isn't freed, claiming she uncovered election fraud.
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Federal judge declines to release Tina Peters, the only Trump ally in prison for 2020 election-related crimes
A federal judge on Monday refused to release from prison former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the only ally of President Donald Trump currently behind bars for crimes related to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election.
Tina Peters' request for release on bond dismissed by federal judge
Then-Mesa County Clerk and Colorado secretary of state candidate Tina Peters attends the Western Conservative Summit in Aurora in 2022. (Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)A federal magistrate judge in Colorado on Monday dismissed former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus, one of several long-shot legal maneuvers Peters’ attorneys and allies in the election-denial movement have sought to use to secure her release f…
Denver Post
Federal court denies Tina Peters’ latest request to leave prison
An ally of President Donald Trump, former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters' attempt to get released from state prison was rejected by a federal court in Denver on Monday.
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Former Colorado clerk will remain in state prison after a federal judge rejects her bid for freedom
A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.
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