Federal judge declines to release Tina Peters, the only Trump ally in prison for 2020 election-related crimes [View all]

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A federal judge on Monday refused to release from prison former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, the only ally of President Donald Trump currently behind bars for crimes related to the attempts to overturn the 2020 election.

Last year, a state jury convicted Peters, the former Republican clerk of Mesa County, Colorado, of participating in a criminal scheme with fellow election deniers to breach her county’s secure voting systems, in hopes of proving Trump’s false claims of massive fraud.

Trump has championed the case of Peters, 70, who is now one year into a nine-year prison sentence, calling her an “innocent political prisoner.” CNN recently reported that Trump is being strongly encouraged to more aggressively intervene in the matter, to try to get her out of prison.

Peters filed a federal lawsuit earlier this year, known as a habeas petition, arguing that she should be released because of constitutional concerns from her trial, specifically that her free speech rights were violated. But US Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak rejected Peters’ longshot bid to be released.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-judge-declines-to-release-tina-peters-the-only-trump-ally-in-prison-for-2020-election-related-crimes/ar-AA1RYiSA?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Good, keep her ass in prison where she belongs.
Tina Peters, all during her trial and at sentencing, was defiant and unapologetic and the judge, a Republican judge at that, called her a charlatan and said she would do it all over again if given the chance.