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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTina Peters applies for Trump pardon, lawyer says
Peters was convicted for her role in a scheme to breach the security of her own election equipment in 2021, part of an effort to find evidence that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
An application for a presidential pardon was filed about two weeks ago, Peter Ticktin, her Florida-based attorney, told Newsline Wednesday.
Presidential pardons are universally understood to apply only to federal cases. Peters was convicted on state charges. But Ticktin argues that the Constitutions references to the United States apply to the individual states as well as the country as a whole.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/12/04/tina-peters-trump-pardon/
Yeah, good luck with that shyster.
If nothing else, this shyter's law license needs to be yanked and he needs to be disbarred.
gab13by13
(31,263 posts)MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)Just my opinion.
dalton99a
(92,177 posts)Lovie777
(21,788 posts)and her lawyer threaten the state. RWers truly feel they are above the law.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)against CO public officials and prosecuted in state court to the fullest extent of the law.
sop
(17,483 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if he dispatches an FBI SWAT team and a horde of ICE goons to bust her out of prison.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)but the stark reality is that he has no jurisdiction to do so and any thugs he tries to send will be met and turned around.
Takket
(23,487 posts)if they refuse to free her.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)that would immediately trigger articles of impeachment in the House, I believe that action would turn a lot of repigs openly against him.
I can't see any military officer obeying such an order and yes, I know that they're obeying orders to sink boats, but this would be totally different, they would be attacking an American state prison, which would cause wide spread civil disobedience.
Just my opinion.
Takket
(23,487 posts)threatens to cut off partial or all Federal funding to the state if they refuse to pardon her, or some other threat he can use for leverage, like shuttering military bases and moving them.
there's no guarantee he does anything but it falls under the "you miss 100% of the shots you don't take" caveat.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)Flim Flam Man doesn't give 2 shits about Peters except how it can help him with his base, if it doesn't help him, then he wouldn't care, he wouldn't even be talking about it.
I don't think CO is intimidated by him, Gov. Polis has basically given him the middle finger and I don't see him changing his mind.
Tina Peters was charged by a Repub. Prosecutor, she was tried and convicted by a Mesa County jury, which tends to be a repub. county, so there were certainly repub. jurors, and she was sentenced by a repub. judge.
She is exactly where she belongs and if the feds want her, then they can have her, after she finishes her state sentence.
LetMyPeopleVote
(175,054 posts)Peters was convicted of state charges and a pardon from trump is meaningless
duckworth969
(1,202 posts)and CO wont release her, then what?
This admin generally does whatever the hell it wants.
Chump could say release her or were coming to get her.
Release her or else.
MarineCombatEngineer
(17,761 posts)there would probably be bloodshed and that would set off a firestorm in Congress and the general public.
This shyster attorney should be charged with making terroristic threats towards CO officials and he should be stripped of his law license.
Gov. Polis isn't going to bend over for Flim Flam Man and release Tina, she's exactly where she belongs, put there by a Repub. DA, a Repub. jury and a Repub. judge and her sentence is supported by the repub. election officials.
Renew Deal
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It would be a meaningless act, though it would be interesting to see if it went to court.