Colorado state officials and the Colorado County Clerks Association are asking Gov. Jared Polis to deny a request that would transfer former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters from state to federal custody.
Allies of Peters, the former clerk behind bars for her role in an election conspiracy theory scheme, have pushed for her transfer as a strategy to free her.
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Months after federal officials demanded voter data, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and several peers are trying to determine what exactly the Trump administration is doing.
The Trump administration is seeking a transfer from state prison to federal custody of a former Colorado county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists.
This week, the Federal Bureau of Prisons made a formal request, asking Colorado’s Department of Corrections to transfer Peters into federal custody according to Attorney General Phil Weiser and District Attorney Daniel Rubenstein. Those two leaders describe the request as a step the Trump Administration could be taking to possibly pardon Peters.
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