Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk who was jailed for scheming to tamper with the 2020 election results. Peters is scheduled to be released from prison on Monday. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI | License Photo
June 1 (UPI) -- Tina Peters is set to be released from a Colorado state prison on Monday after being imprisoned for almost two years for scheming to tamper with the 2020 election results.
President Donald Trump had called on Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to release Peters, 70, who he has called a "political prisoner" and "hostage." On Monday afternoon, Peters is scheduled to walk free.
Peters was sentenced to prison in 2024 for allowing an election denier who was not a Colorado election officer to access the Mesa County Elections Division office and attempt to copy the hard drive of the county's voting system. The scheme was to be carried out to show that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Trump.
Polis, a Democrat, has been censured by his party for ordering Peters' release.
