Trump calls for disgraced election official linked to his 'Big Lie' to be freed - as Colorado officials dig their heels

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Source: The Independent

Sunday 23 November 2025 17:01 EST


The battle over the fate of Tina Peters, a disgraced Colorado elections official who was convicted of felonies related to efforts to interfere with the 2020 election on Donald Trump’s behalf, grew thornier on Sunday with the intervention of the president himself.

Peters, who remains in a Colorado prison after her conviction on seven charges last year, remains adamant that she acted within the bounds of legality and her personal responsibility when she allowed an associate of MyPillow salesman and Trump loyalist Mike Lindell to access a secure room to make a copy of a hard drive containing data from the 2020 presidential election results for the state of Colorado.

This past week the state’s Department of Corrections received a request from the U.S. Justice Department to transfer Peters into federal custody. The reasoning for the request was not explained, nor clear: Peters is not convicted of any federal crimes, as her case was adjudicated at the state level. The request came directly from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, one of the president’s appointees and his former personal attorney.

Now, it seems the intent of that request is clear: Trump, on Sunday, called for Peters to be freed immediately. “FREE TINA PETERS, WHO SITS IN A COLORADO PRISON, DYING & OLD, FOR ATTEMPTING TO EXPOSE VOTER FRAUD IN THE RIGGED 2O20 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!” wrote Trump in one of his all-caps Truth Social diatribes.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-colorado-tina-peters-2020-b2870926.html

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