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科罗拉多州务卿珍娜·格里斯沃尔德表示，此次减刑是对“选举否认运动”的认可
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科罗拉多州民主党州长贾里德·波利斯周五为前梅萨县书记员蒂娜·彼得斯减刑。这位前选举书记员因2021年投票设备入侵案被定罪，该案成为选举诚信之争的焦点事件。此举立即遭到科罗拉多州务卿珍娜·格里斯沃尔德的强烈反对，同时得到前总统唐纳德·特朗普的称赞，他在真相社交平台上发帖“释放蒂娜！”
据州长办公室消息，波利斯周五宣布对44人予以宽大处理，其中包括35人获得赦免，9人获得减刑。彼得斯是获得减刑的人员之一，其刑期被缩减，并将于2026年6月1日获得假释资格。
“宽大处理权是一项严肃的责任，我从未等闲视之，”波利斯在宣布宽大处理措施的声明中说道。
“这项权力能够改变人生——帮助那些犯下严重错误的人获得第二次机会——这需要经过深思熟虑，有时甚至会引发争议，”他补充道。
特朗普宣布赦免科罗拉多州书记员：“只是想确保我们的选举公平”
2022年4月5日，梅萨县书记员兼记录员蒂娜·彼得斯在科罗拉多州丹佛市科罗拉多州议会大厦西台阶的集会上发表讲话。（Hyoung Chang/媒体新闻集团/《丹佛邮报》）
此举立即引发格里斯沃尔德的激烈回应，她指责波利斯将“选举否认运动”合法化。
“对蒂娜·彼得斯的减刑是对我们的民主、科罗拉多州人民以及全国选举官员的冒犯，”格里斯沃尔德在周五的一份声明中说道。
“州长今天的行动将认可并助长选举否认运动，并将在未来多年给美国民主留下黑暗而危险的印记，”她补充道。
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梅萨县书记员、科罗拉多州务卿共和党候选人蒂娜·彼得斯将获得唐纳德·特朗普总统的赦免。彼得斯因参与入侵梅萨县投票系统的阴谋被州陪审团定罪，目前正在服9年刑期。（马克·皮斯科蒂/盖蒂图片社）
根据周五签署的行政命令，彼得斯的刑期从8年3个月减至4年4.5个月。该命令授予她2026年6月1日起的假释资格，具体条件将由科罗拉多州假释委员会制定。
“蒂娜·M·彼得斯特此获得有限减刑，其包括县监狱和惩教署服刑时间在内的总刑期减至4年4.5个月，并准予其于2026年6月1日起获得假释，”命令中写道。
该行政命令还明确指出，此次宽大处理“绝不影响其基础刑事定罪”。
特朗普赦免鲁迪·朱利安尼、马克·梅多斯、西德尼·鲍威尔等参与2020年选举干预事件的人员
科罗拉多州州长贾里德·波利斯所在的州今年允许纳税人保留加班费的联邦扣除额，但未来几年的联邦税收减免将被收回以充实州财政。（美联社）
波利斯在命令中写道，“准予此次减刑请愿的宪法和法定条件已得到满足，给予此次减刑符合正义利益。”
根据行政命令，彼得斯于2024年被定罪，罪名包括三项试图影响公职人员罪，以及共谋实施刑事假冒——承担责任、公职行为失当、违反选举职责以及未遵守务卿要求。
她此前被判处8年3个月的惩教署监禁，外加6个月县监狱刑期。她的法定最早释放日期原定为2033年，预计假释资格日期为2028年。
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科罗拉多州务卿珍娜·格里斯沃尔德于2024年2月8日在华盛顿特区美国最高法院外与媒体交谈。（内森·霍华德/彭博社）
格里斯沃尔德的办公室表示，彼得斯的行为源于2021年梅萨县投票设备入侵事件。
“2021年，时任梅萨县书记员蒂娜·彼得斯为证明阴谋论而破坏了该县的投票设备，”格里斯沃尔德的办公室在周五的一份新闻稿中说道。
该办公室表示，格里斯沃尔德随后采取了行动，宣布该县的投票设备无效，与梅萨县专员合作将彼得斯从选举监督岗位上撤下，并任命前共和党务卿监督选举进程。
格里斯沃尔德的办公室还表示，彼得斯的行为导致梅萨县“损失近百万美元的更换设备费用”。
该务卿办公室指出，2026年4月2日，科罗拉多州上诉法院维持了对彼得斯的定罪，同时下令由地区法院重新量刑。
特朗普于周五下午就此次减刑表态，在真相社交平台上发布了一则简短帖子，内容仅为：“释放蒂娜！”
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彼得斯因梅萨县投票设备入侵争议及随后的刑事起诉，成为2020年选举怀疑论者中的全国知名人物。
周五的减刑令进一步加剧了2020年总统大选后最受关注的刑事起诉案件之一所引发的政治分歧。
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Colorado governor commutes Tina Peters’ sentence as Trump posts ‘FREE TINA!’
2026-05-15T19:07:57-04:00 / Fox News
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says the clemency validates ‘the election denial movement’
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Democrat Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday commuted the sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters — the former election clerk convicted in connection with a 2021 voting equipment breach case that became a flashpoint in the election integrity fight — drawing immediate backlash from Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold and praise from President Donald Trump, who posted “FREE TINA!” on Truth Social.
Polis announced clemency for 44 individuals Friday, including 35 pardons and nine commutations, according to the governor’s office. Peters was among those granted a commutation reducing her prison sentence and granting parole effective June 1, 2026.
“The Clemency power is a serious responsibility, and not one that I take lightly,” Polis said in a statement announcing the clemency actions.
“This power has the ability to change lives – help grant a second chance for someone who has made grave mistakes – and it comes with great consideration, and sometimes even controversy,” he added.
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Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters speaks at a rally on the west steps of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado, on April 5, 2022.(Hyoung Chang/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post)
The move immediately prompted a blistering response from Griswold, who accused Polis of legitimizing “the election denial movement.”
“This clemency grant to Tina Peters is an affront to our democracy, the people of Colorado, and election officials across the country,” Griswold said in a statement Friday.
“The Governor’s actions today will validate and embolden the election denial movement, and leave a dark, dangerous imprint on American democracy for years to come,” she added.
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Mesa County Clerk and Colorado Republican candidate for secretary of state Tina Peters will receive a pardon from President Donald Trump. Peters is serving a nine-year sentence after a state jury convicted her of participating in a scheme to breach the Mesa County voting systems.(Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)
According to the executive order signed Friday, Peters’ sentence was commuted from 8 years and 3 months to 4 years and 4.5 months. The order grants her parole effective June 1, 2026, with conditions to be set by the Colorado Parole Board.
“Tina M. Peters be and hereby is granted a limited commutation such that her total sentence, inclusive of time in County Jail and the Department of Corrections, is commuted to 4 years and 4.5 months, and that she is granted parole effective June 1, 2026,” the order states.
The executive order also explicitly noted that the clemency action “shall not in any way affect the underlying criminal conviction.”
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Polis wrote in the order that “the constitutional and statutory conditions for granting this clemency petition have been satisfied, and granting this commutation is in the interest of justice.”
According to the executive order, Peters was convicted in 2024 of three counts of attempt to influence a public servant, along with conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation – cause liability, official misconduct, violation of duty elections and failure to comply with secretary of state requirements.
She had been sentenced to 8 years and 3 months in Department of Corrections custody, along with 6 months in county jail. Her mandatory release date had previously been listed in 2033, while her estimated parole eligibility date had been in 2028.
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold speaks with members of the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 8, 2024.(Nathan Howard/Bloomberg)
Griswold’s office said Peters’ actions stemmed from a 2021 breach involving Mesa County voting equipment.
“In 2021, then-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters compromised her county’s voting equipment trying to prove conspiracies,” Griswold’s office said in a release Friday.
The office said Griswold responded by decertifying the county’s voting equipment, working with Mesa County commissioners to remove Peters from election oversight and appointing a former Republican secretary of state to oversee the election process.
Griswold’s office also said Peters’ actions cost Mesa County “nearly one million dollars in replacement equipment.”
The secretary of state’s office noted that on April 2, 2026, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld Peters’ convictions while ordering that she be re-sentenced by the district court.
Trump weighed in on the commutation Friday afternoon with a brief Truth Social post reading simply: “FREE TINA!”
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Peters became a nationally known figure among 2020 election skeptics following the Mesa County voting equipment breach controversy and subsequent criminal prosecution.
Friday’s clemency order immediately deepened political divisions surrounding one of the highest-profile criminal prosecutions in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
The White House did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.
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