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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-15T21:21:26.000Z",
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    "2020 election",
    "Colorado",
    "Donald trump",
    "Election denial",
    "Jared polis",
    "Mesa county",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nColorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday reduced the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, the election denier whose efforts to undermine confidence in the 2020 election transformed her into a MAGA folk hero and a convicted felon.\n\nA jury found Peters guilty in August 2024 of allowing a person affiliated with MyPillow founder and election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell to access Mesa County voting systems after Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss, part of a broader effort tied to Trump’s baseless fraud claims. She was convicted on multiple felony counts, including conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation and official misconduct.\n\nPeters had been serving a nine-year prison sentence before Polis reduced it to roughly four years and four months.\n\nThe move came after sustained public pressure from Trump, who repeatedly demanded Peters’ release, falsely portrayed her as a political prisoner, and attacked Colorado officials over her imprisonment. In one Truth Social post, Trump threatened “harsh measures” against Colorado if Peters was not freed.\n\nNeither Peters nor her legal team has publicly expressed remorse. Last week, supporters published an apparent letter to Trump in which Peters again promoted election conspiracy theories and described herself as a “political prisoner,” according to __The Denver Post.__\n\nPolis insisted the commutation was not a pardon.\n\n“I’m not pardoning her,” Polis told __The Colorado Sun__. “I publicly have said very early on I would not even consider a pardon. She’s a convicted felon. She deserves to be a convicted felon. She will remain a convicted felon.”\n\n _This story is developing._\n",
  "title": "Colorado Gov. Jared Polis grants clemency to Trump election denier Tina Peters"
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