Tina Peters

In recent years, the governor has shortened sentences he saw as too severe.

Peters’ questions about the 2020 election have since yielded the focus of the White House and a flood of questions for Colorado’s governor.

Ask a Colorado Democrat in Washington, D.C. about why President Donald Trump and his administration seem to be singling out the state, and you get a variation on a theme: political punishment.

Peters appears in a video to grab another inmate by the neck and shove her. No injuries were reported and an investigation is underway.

The Trump administration has been at odds with Colorado.

The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by Peters’ attorneys. But they grilled the state’s lawyer over the trial judge reciting Peters’ false statements about elections in handing down her sentence.

Judges on a Colorado appeals panel expressed skepticism about the sentence for a former county elections clerk convicted of orchestrating a breach of election equipment. The three-judge panel was dismissive of many of the arguments made by the attorneys for Tina Peters, who once oversaw elections in Mesa County.

Lawyers for former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters will try to convince a state appeals court to overturn her conviction. Wednesday's hearing comes as her supporters, including President Donald Trump, continue to pressure the state to set her free.

President Donald Trump has not been shy about his anger at Colorado leaders.

The federal government is freezing some childcare and food funds to Colorado.