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Colorado Gov. Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressure
Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars after being convicted in a scheme to make a copy of her county's election computer system. She gets released June 1.

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According to PBS News’s source item, Colorado Gov. Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters’ sentence after Trump pressure, Trump has championed the case of Peters, a 70-year-old former county clerk who was sentenced to nine years behind bars after being convicted in a scheme to make a copy of her county’s election computer system. She gets released June 1.
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- Colorado Gov. Polis commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters' sentence after Trump pressurePBS News - 2026-05-15T22:19:27+00:00
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