US EditionTrump Says He Granted Pardon to Tina Peters, Sparking Serious Legal Questions
Trump granted a symbolic federal pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state election-related charges and sentenced to nine years, but the pardon does not affect her state prison term.
- On Dec. 11, 2025, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that he had pardoned Tina Peters, though no formal clemency document appeared on the federal site as of 6 p.m.
- The former Mesa County clerk, Tina Peters, 70, was convicted by a jury of election system breaches and sentenced to nine years in October 2024 at La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo.
- Constitutional law experts Jessica Smith and Doug Spencer said a president can pardon only federal offenses, while Colorado Gov. Jared Polis alone can pardon or commute Tina Peters' state sentence.
- As of 6 p.m., no formal clemency document had appeared on the federal clemency website; the move could prompt filings by Peters' legal team while a federal judge denied release and state corrections rejected transfer.
- Peters' case fits a pattern in which Trump has sought clemency for allies, as he has pardoned over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, with experts warning this could upend federalism.
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Showdown coming as election denier's lawyer claims Trump pardon applies to state charges
President Donald Trump signed a formal pardon for Tina Peters, according to Peter Ticktin, her Florida-based attorney, who shared the pardon document with Newsline on Friday.The document, which appears to be dated Dec. 5, says it grants “a full and unconditional pardon” for “those offenses she has or may have committed or taken part in related to election integrity and security during the period January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021.”The par…
Trump hands Tina Peters ‘full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud’ * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
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Trump Pardons MAGA Election Denier For State Crimes Because When You're A Star, They Let You Do It
Donald Trump is thinking outside the box. He wasn’t elected because of his color-inside-the-laws, paint-by-Constitution thinking. MAGA wants results! Or at least a big MISSION ACCOMPLISHED sign, which is functionally the same thing when you get your news from social media. Trump’s current mission is to rescue Tina Peters, the former election clerk for Mesa County, Colorado and current guest of the La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo. In 202…
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