Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday morning, ending her 20-month incarceration after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence last month.
Her release was confirmed Monday morning by Adrienne Mazzone, spokeswoman for Peters’ legal team. A spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
It remains unclear under what conditions Peters, 70, was released. State officials completed a pre-parole investigation of her home last week and identified no issues, according to her internal prison file.
The Corrections Department said Friday that she would be released under a parole agreement, though the agency had not responded to a Denver Post records request for that document as of Monday.
A former Mesa County clerk, Peters was sentenced to a total of nine years in jail and prison in October 2024. She was convicted of four felonies and three misdemeanors for overseeing a plot to grant an unauthorized third party access to secure voting systems. A key ally of Donald Trump, Peters’ conviction and incarceration became a rallying cry for the president and his election-conspiracist allies. Trump had repeatedly pressured Gov. Jared Polis to release the former clerk.
In a statement, Secretary of State Jena Griswold called Polis’ decision to commute Peters’ sentence “an affront to our democracy, the people of Colorado, and election officials across the country.
“It sends a dangerous message about accountability for those who would attack elections,” Griswold wrote. “Peters’ release also will embolden the election denial movement; since the grant of clemency, she has continued to spread election falsehoods and conspiracies.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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