Colorado's Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of election conspiracy theorist Tina Peters following pressure from President Donald Trump, the latest instance of the president using his powers to reward those who echoed his baseless claims of mass fraud as the cause of his 2020 loss.
TL;DR
- Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters.
- Peters is an election conspiracy theorist.
- The commutation followed pressure from former President Donald Trump.
- This aligns with Trump's past actions of rewarding those who supported his false fraud claims from the 2020 election.