Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request

[angka]

Source: KUSA 9NEWS Denver

The convicted former Mesa County clerk will remain in state custody after the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) said Tuesday night that it would not respond to a Department of Justice request to take Tina Peters into federal custody.

"Requests to transfer inmates from the Colorado Department of Corrections emanate from the state, and not from other entities. The Department is not currently seeking any transfer,” said Alondra Gonzalez, a spokesperson for CDOC.

Peters is currently behind bars at the Colorado Department of Corrections, serving a nine-year prison sentence that stems from an election rigging conspiracy theory scheme. She was convicted of several felonies for allowing fellow election deniers access to local voting systems in search of voter fraud in the 2020 election, repeating Trump's debunked claims.

Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/tina-peters-not-going-into-federal-custody/73-183803a6-3334-4793-ac61-e186d70a94f4

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Read more: https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/218881/trumps-attempt-to-rescue-tina-peters-and-his-conscience-has-failed

[Ocelot II]

1. They wanted to take her to Ghislaine Maxwell's posh prison

where they could be roommates, share makeup tips and get pardoned together.

[Sneederbunk]

5. They had picked out the dog and everything.

[RockRaven]

2. A modicum of temporary, not-worst news, for once... Praise Jebus!

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. It's been a pretty good couple of weeks

This is just more proof of this absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. Suck it Pedonald, Colorado just gave you the one finger salute.

[angrychair]

6. Thank goodness

Tired of this administration thinking they can just do whatever they want and people should be obligated to comply

DO NOT COMPLY IN ADVANCE.

[Sneederbunk]

7. If you don't shut up Donald, she's going into solitary.

[Shellback Squid]

16. she's in solitary, for the sake of the other prisoners ears

[COL Mustard]

31. Well, Donnie would just

Send in the National Guard to Federalize Colorado.

I probably shouldn’t give him any ideas.

[sheshe2]

8. Some good news for a change.

Colorado said FU and the horse you road in on!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. I like your GIF better than my middle finger.

I am so stealing that.

[sheshe2]

13. It if one of my favorites!

You are more than welcome to share it far and wide.

[kairos12]

10. I would agree with a transfer.

To GITMO.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. The only way I would agree to a transfer is if she stayed in a Fed. prison,

the ADX Florence Supermax prison in Colorado.

[quakerboy]

29. I wouldn't

A, gizmo needs to be shut down
B, this administration is not trustworthy. Once in fed custody, she would likely be released.

[Ray Bruns]

11. That's correct Mr. Trump

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Ahh

States' jurisdiction - States' Rights!

[Shellback Squid]

15. Happy Thanksgiving criminal and inmate Tina! You don't get to spend it with the rest of the lawbreakers

[KPN]

17. Awesome! More of this please.

[mdbl]

18. So sick of these criminals not being held accountable.

At least this one is, so far.

[llmart]

20. I want to see all the fake electors do time.

[mdbl]

21. It would be nice but since the head of the snake is still sitting in the white house it's become difficult.

Mostly because of weenie judges and prosecutors and lack of judicial balance on the SCROTUS.

[llmart]

22. Wouldn't that be up to the states' attorney generals though?

[mdbl]

30. Yes but the dump administration just keeps appealing to his SCROTUS

and they do really stupid rulings in his favor. They even overrode Colorado law by letting him stay on their ballot - which should not have happened.

[HighFired49]

19. Good on ya!

That's the way you refuse an illegal order!!

[chia]

23. Excellent news, for a change.

[bluestarone]

24. Wonder how long he would support her ( she's a looney) IF

She was tied to his back, and every where he went, she would be behind him?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

25. Not very long,

he can barely walk now, the extra weight on his back would bring him to his knees.

[bluestarone]

26. I;m 100% sure that he would toss her under

The first bus that came along. (or do like he always does and have somebody else throw her)

[MarineCombatEngineer]

27. Roger that. nt

[Ritabert]

28. A MAGA lawyer wants the 101sr Airborne to go in and liberate her

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. MaddowBlog-Colorado rebuffs Trump effort to transfer Tina Peters to federal custody

The president and his team are still trying to intervene in the case of a convicted former county clerk. It’s not going well.

Colorado rebuffs Trump effort to transfer Tina Peters to federal custody - MS NOW

apple.news/AJPRetmFTRAG...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2025-12-01T17:20:34.131Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/colorado-rebuffs-trump-effort-to-transfer-tina-peters-to-federal-custody

A few weeks ago, the White House’s efforts to help former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters reached a new level: Trump’s Federal Bureau of Prisons contacted the Colorado Department of Corrections, seeking to transfer Peters from a state prison to federal custody.

Evidently, the request was not well received. The Associated Press reported:

Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer from state prison to federal custody a former county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists following a request from the Trump administration, state officials said Wednesday. The Colorado Department of Corrections said it is not seeking a transfer of Tina Peters, who was convicted last year of orchestrating a scheme in Mesa County to breach voting machine data driven by false claims of fraud in the 2020 election.

“Transferring an individual is an action initiated by the Colorado Department of Corrections, not an outside entity,” department spokesperson Alondra Gonzalez-Garcia told the AP.....

Despite the Republican’s apparent interest in her case, there’s effectively nothing he can do: This was a state official, charged with state crimes, by state prosecutors, in a state court, with a state jury, overseen by a state judge, which necessarily means neither the president nor his Justice Department can overturn Peters’ criminal conviction.

Trump apparently intends to keep trying anyway, though there’s no reason to believe he’ll succeed.

Tina Peters' attorney is backing the idea of President Trump using a military raid to free her from a prison in Colorado.

Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of Colorado's county clerks say Gov Polis (D) is betraying election workers with his silence on whether he'll free Peters.

— Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) 2025-11-26T01:51:54.860Z

For his part, Peters’ defense attorney recently told Steve Bannon that he’d like to see the president deploy U.S. military personnel to the Colorado prison where Peters is being held in order to free her. The lawyer did not appear to be kidding.