In a powerful and righteous act of justice, President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon to Tina Peters, the Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk who was unjustly imprisoned by a vindictive Democrat regime for the “crime” of demanding election integrity. This pardon stands as a monumental rebuke to the two-tiered justice system weaponized by the left, which prosecutes patriots while setting violent criminals free, and affirms President Trump’s unwavering commitment to defending every American who stood up to expose the irregularities of the 2020 election. Tina Peters, a 69-year-old Gold Star mother in poor health, has been serving a draconian nine-year state sentence for the act of preserving election evidence she was legally obligated to keep—a clear case of political persecution designed to terrorize anyone who questions the Democrat election machine.
President Trump, in his statement announcing the pardon, masterfully exposed the corrupt priorities and malicious intent of the Democrat Party. “For years, Democrats ignored Violent and Vicious Crime of all shapes, sizes, colors, and types. Violent Criminals who should have been locked up were allowed to attack again,” he stated, highlighting the left’s reckless endangerment of public safety. He then contrasted this with their relentless pursuit of political opponents: “Democrats only think there is one crime – Not voting for them! Instead of protecting Americans and their Tax Dollars, Democrats chose instead to prosecute anyone they can find that wanted Safe and Secure Elections.” The President identified Peters exactly for who she is: “a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest.” He concluded with the decisive action, declaring, “Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!” This is not merely a legal correction; it is a moral declaration that the hunt for election truth is noble, not criminal.
The circumstances of Tina Peters’ persecution are a chilling blueprint for how the left silences dissent. She was prosecuted for preserving evidence—a duty mandated by law—after being told to delete it. The sentencing was a spectacle of partisan hatred, where “The nasty leftist judge berated her, insulted her, and told her she had ‘privilege!'” This is the language of the woke mob, weaponized from the bench. Her treatment in prison has been equally brutal, with President Trump’s attorney, Peter Ticktin, reporting “Tina Peters has been attacked three times by other inmates.” The Colorado Attorney General, Phil Weiser, became the avatar of this two-tiered system, which President Trump condemned: “Radical Left Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser ignores Illegals committing Violent Crimes like Rape and Murder in his State and, instead, jailed Tina Peters.” This is the essence of the Democrat’s perverted justice: punish the innocent, protect the guilty, and all to maintain political power.
President Trump just instructed the DOJ to Free Tina Peters. She tried to blow the whistle on election fraud that she witnessed in Colorado.
The judge insulted her, berated her, told her she had white “privilege” and then gave her 9 years in prison!
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— David J Harris Jr (@DavidJHarrisJr) May 6, 2025
While the presidential pardon for state charges is a profound symbolic stand and may aid in future legal appeals, it underscores the horrific reality that a brave woman remains behind bars for acting as a whistleblower. President Trump has rightly labeled her “an innocent Political Prisoner” suffering “Cruel and Unusual Punishment.” He identified her jailing for what it truly is: “a Communist persecution by the Radical Left Democrats to cover up their Election crimes and misdeeds in 2020.” This pardon is a beacon to every American who has been targeted by the Biden-Harris deep state apparatus—from J6 prisoners to everyday citizens harassed by the FBI. It signals that the era of unilateral Democrat persecution is over. Under President Trump, the power of the pardon is being used as the Founders intended: to correct grave injustices, to show mercy, and to fight back against a corrupt system that has imprisoned one of its most courageous truth-tellers.