Colorado fights Trump administration bid to help imprisoned loyalist Tina Peters

DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials say President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be wielding its “political power” to give unprecedented help to a former county election clerk who was convicted of allowing Trump supporters to access election equipment after his 2020 defeat.

The U.S. Justice Department is trying to insert itself into the case of former election clerk Tina Peters, who wants to be released from prison while she appeals her conviction. A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday in federal court in Denver.

It’s one of the latest Trump administration moves to reward allies who violated the law on the president’s behalf. Peters’ case is among those the government has said it is reviewing for “abuses of the criminal justice process.”

There have been “reasonable concerns” raised about Peters’ prosecution, wrote acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General Yaakov M. Ro...
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