The ex-county clerk was convicted of participating in a scheme to prove false claims that the 2020 election was rigged

President Donald Trum pardoned former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted of breaching voting systems. A federal judge recently denied her request for release.

Trump's pardon is largely symbolic since Peters, who is now in prison, was convicted of state crimes, which are not shielded by presidential pardon powers. “Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Gov. Jared Polis cuts the ceremonial ribbon celebrating the substantial opening of the North I-25 Express Lanes project at a ceremony at the I-25 bus slip in Loveland on Dec. 7, 2023. The new express lanes and two general purpose lanes will open Dec. 15, 2023. | © Miles Blumhardt/The Coloradoan / USA TODAY NETWORK via IMAGN images

After years of promoting baseless claims of voter fraud that President Donald Trump has frequently touted, a conservative activist has landed a top position at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

U.S. President Donald Trump expressed uncertainty about whether Republicans would keep control of the House of Representatives in next year's midterm elections because some of his economic policies have yet to take full effect,

Tina Peters was sentenced for a Colorado state crime that the president has no ability to pardon. President Trump has no legal power to free her from prison.

President Donald Trump is attempting to claim that he is pardoning Tina Peters, who was sentenced to nine years on state level charges for election tampering.