La ex secretaria de Colorado Tina Peters apela su condena en medio de controversia por indulto

"...driven by false claims about voting machine fraud..."

"...a Republican stronghold that supported Trump..."

"...Trump pardoned Peters in December, but his pardon power does not extend to state crimes..."

"...Peters' lawyers have said Trump has the authority to pardon her, arguing that President George Washington issued pardons to people convicted of both state and federal crimes during the Whiskey Rebellion in 1795..."

"...Prosecutors said Peters became fixated on voting problems after becoming involved with activists who had questioned the 2020 presidential election results..."

"...Peters didn't deny the deception but said she had to do it to make sure election records weren't erased..."

"...Her lawyers also say the partially redacted passwords didn't pose a security risk..."

"...Judge Matthew Barrett violated her First Amendment rights by punishing her with a stiff sentence of nearly a decade for making allegations about election fraud..."

"...He called her a 'charlatan' and said she posed a danger to the community for spreading lies about voting and undermining the democratic process..."

"...Her lawyers say she is entitled to at least a new sentencing hearing because Barrett based his sentence partially on a contempt conviction in a related case that the appeals court threw out last year..."

"...Peters’ release has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement..."

"...Trump has lambasted both Democratic Gov. Jared Polis and the Republican district attorney who brought the charges, Dan Rubinstein, for keeping Peters in prison..."

"...The Federal Bureau of Prisons tried but failed to get Peters moved to a federal prison..."

"...Polis has said he is considering granting clemency for Peters, characterizing her sentence as 'harsh'..."

"...Jake Lang, who was charged with assaulting a police officer during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and was later pardoned by Trump, announced on social media last month that 'January 6er Patriots' and U.S. Marshals would storm a Colorado prison to release Peters unless she is freed by the end of this month..."

"...The post included a phone video interview with Peters from behind bars..."

"...But a message on Peters' X account said she is not affiliated with any demonstration or event at the prison and denounced any use of force against it..."