President Donald Trump has demanded the immediate release of Tina Peters, a Colorado election clerk who was jailed for tampering with voting machines after the 2020 presidential election.

Writing on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said: “Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ignores Illegals committing Violent Crimes like Rape and Murder in his State and, instead, jailed Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother who worked to expose and document Democrat Election Fraud.

“Tina is an innocent Political Prisoner being horribly and unjustly punished in the form of Cruel and Unusual Punishment. This is a Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020.

“The same Democrat Party that flies to El Salvador to try to free an MS-13 Terrorist, is cruelly imprisoning, perhaps for life, a grandmother whose brave and heroic son gave his life for America. Colorado must end this unjust incarceration of an innocent American. I am hereby directing the Department of Justice to take all necessary action to help secure the release of this ‘hostage’ being held in a Colorado prison by the Democrats, for political reasons. FREE TINA PETERS, NOW!”

Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison in October 2024, making her the first election official in the U.S. convicted of criminal charges related to efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

What Did Tina Peters Do?

In August 2024, Peters was found guilty of seven of 10 charges in a 2021 breach of Colorado’s election system. She was convicted of three counts of attempting to influence a public official; conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation; official misconduct; violation of duty; and failure to comply with an order by the secretary of state.

The jury acquitted her on three other charges: conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, criminal impersonation and identity theft.

The trial spanned eight days of testimony. It centered on events from May 2021, when Peters was accused of orchestrating a breach of election security equipment.

Peters was convicted for allowing a county security card to be misused, granting access to the Mesa County election system to an individual connected to MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. She was also found guilty of deceiving other officials about the man’s identity.

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