Overview
- Trump urged Peters’ release in a Truth Social post that misstated her age and incorrectly blamed the governor for her prison term.
- Peters is serving nine years after her 2024 conviction on four felony and three misdemeanor counts for enabling an unauthorized copy of Mesa County voting‑machine data.
- Polis has called the sentence harsh compared with similar cases and says he will only consider clemency if Peters demonstrates clear contrition.
- A U.S. district judge wrote this week that a USDA threat to withhold SNAP funds from Colorado violated the Spending Clause and appeared intended as punishment.
- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and Sen. Michael Bennet said they oppose pardoning or commuting Peters’ sentence and rejected political pressure to do so.