President Trump’s team may have the ability to step in and pardon Tina Peters.
Former Mesa County, Colorado Election Clerk Tina Peters broke no state or federal laws by backing up her Election Management Server (EMS) hard drive, having it analyzed, and even publishing the results. If she had, the federal and Colorado state governments would have legally come down on her for doing so, especially during the Biden administration.
In other words, not one state or federal charge resulted from Tina’s actions backing up her county’s server. Because they had NOTHING, Colorado (likely at the behest of the DOJ) had to manufacture imaginary felonies and misdemeanors against Clerk Peters and then prosecute her in the state courts.
According to Grok, “No historical instance exists of a president attempting to pardon a state crime”. This is because the “president’s pardon power, granted by Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution, applies only to federal offenses”.
However, there is ample evidence that the federal government under Biden was involved in the Tina Peters case and there is an argument that if the federal government led the effort, directed it, or was a large part of the effort to indict and imprison Tina Peters, that this would give President Trump the ability to pardon her.
The Biden Regime’s involvement in Tina Peters Case
The FBI gave a statement almost immediately after Peters came forward that they were going to investigate her for violation of federal laws. The Biden regime never formally prosecuted Tina, but it appears Biden’s Department of Justice was holding hands with the local Colorado officials who were seeking to put Peters in jail. (https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/17/tina-peters-replaced/)
The Mesa County District Attorney, Dan Rubinstein, included Matthew Kirsh, the United States Attorney for Colorado in a May 17, 2022, email to multiple District Attorneys across Colorado. The email is titled “Rule 3.8 Meeting” which appears to reference the rules of professional conduct for prosecutors. (https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/meet-us-attorney, https://www.cobar.org/Portals/COBAR/Repository/12.1.22/Rule%203.8%20-%20Special%20Responsibilities%20of%20a%20Prosecutor.pdf?ver=h4k_BG_0T1kn7Rdgo8sLiQ%3D%3D )
Email from Dan Rubinstein to DOJ attorney and Colorado District Attorneys, apparently brainstorming how to appear legitimate and ethical while prosecuting Tina Peters
The email suggests that Rubinstein was having some trouble reconciling the prosecution of Tina Peters with prosecutors’ rules of professional conduct and had to call in the calvary to help him brainstorm ways to avoid being “accused of wrongdoing.”
Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein
First, Rubinstein appears to recognize that there is no precedent for the prosecution he wants to undertake, as he expresses a desire that this group of legal minds start writing opinions and issuing guidance documents in the vein of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA) and the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council (CDAC). Without a coherent legal pathway for prosecution, it appears Rubinstein encouraged this course of action to give prosecutors cover. Second, Rubinstein notes that it is problematic that they have no formal appointments from a government body to lay the groundwork to prosecute Peters. Third, Rubinstein informs the group of their need to anticipate defending themselves as to why they didn’t seek an opinion on Peter’s case from the Colorado Bar Association Ethics Commission. Rubinstein and his cronies appear to have succeeded in giving their efforts the veneer of legitimacy because three months after this email was sent, Peters was indicted by a grand jury. (https://www.coloradopolitics.com/courts/tina-peters-arraigned-on-10-felony-misdemeanor-charges-in-case-alleging-election-equipment-breach/article_7ad92362-14ff-11ed-8571-7fe4f678dc82.html)
Another glaring piece of evidence that the Tina Peters case was led by the federal government is that if this was ‘only a Colorado issue’, why were US Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, participating in initial Mesa County discussions via Webex regarding the findings of Clerk Peters and her actions related to those findings?
We also know that the full force of the federal government was directly applied to those associated with Tina’s situation in that Tina’s home was raided by the FBI.
In addition, Tina’s associate Sherronna Bishop’s home was also raided by the FBI.
Also, ‘My Pillow’ CEO Mike Lindell was also targeted by the FBI, and they confiscated his phone while he was traveling in Minnesota. These were federal actions. He was communicating with Tina Peters and offered her his support.
Peters was convicted of first-degree official misconduct, violation of duty, and identity theft.
The official statement behind Tina Peters’ indictment included mention of the federal government,
“ The Mesa County District Attorney’s Office and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office assisted the FBI in the operation, which was described by Mesa County spokesperson Stephanie Reecy as “federally-authorized law enforcement actions into potential criminal activity by employees of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder’s Office and others associated with those employees.” Read all about it HERE.
It’s easy to see that the federal government was involved in this case and that the federal actions noted above like the raids (that they conveniently ignore now), indicate that this was much more than a Colorado issue. (See Tina Peters story and watch “Selection Code” at https://tinapeters.us/ (links from dropdown menu)).
Joe Hoft was on AON with Dan Ball and he mentioned that there is an avenue for President Trump pardoning Tina Peters. If the federal government was behind her arrest and her indictments, or if they ran the operation against Tina, there is good reason to believe that this was a federal operation. This would open an avenue for President Trump to pardon Tina Peters.
Tonight, on Real America w/ @DanNewsManBall Gateway Pundit Editor Joe Hoft @GatewayPundit @RealJoeHoft – Should the Trump administration get involved in the case of Tina Peters? on @OANN pic.twitter.com/xZoeg84Zx3
— One America News (@OANN) July 16, 2025
It’s time to set Tina Peters free.
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