Election Security

President Donald Trump announced on Dec. 11 that he had granted a "full pardon" to former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters, and her attorney Peter Ticktin said he was formally notified after urging clemency amid claims she was threatened and attacked in jail. The pardon is largely symbolic because presidential clemency does not apply to state convictions — Peters was convicted on multiple state counts for allowing a man linked to Mike Lindell access to election equipment, was sentenced in 2024 to 8.5 years, and remains in Colorado custody after a federal magistrate denied her release; efforts by the administration to transfer her to federal prison were opposed by state officials.