Tina Peters

While many Colorado Republicans stayed silent as the Trump administration rolled back funding for clean energy projects in the state, things are starting to change amid the White House’s latest decisions.

Peters, the former clerk in Mesa County, was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a breach of her county’s election system. Because she was convicted in state court, only Gov. Jared Polis can pardon her in the case.

Tina Peters’ fight against her 2024 conviction must first play out in state courts before a federal court can even consider that she be released on bail.

A federal magistrate judge has rejected a bid by a former Colorado county clerk to be released from prison while she appeals her state conviction for orchestrating a data breach scheme driven by false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

The Colorado Department of Corrections said it will not grant a Trump administration request to transfer former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters into federal custody.

A request from the Trump administration to transfer former Republican Mesa County clerk Tina Peters from state to federal custody is opposed by state officials.

Colorado has not said whether it would consider transferring Peters to a federal facility.

The Colorado Attorney General’s office has formally responded to claims from former Republican Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters.

In the filing, lawyers for Terpsehore Maras argue that a denial of bail for Peters violates the former Mesa County clerk and recorder’s First Amendment rights and would be an uneven application of Colorado’s bail standards.

A federal magistrate judge Tuesday denied a motion from former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who asked to appear at an upcoming court hearing remotely from prison in Pueblo.