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Tina Peters was released from a Pueblo prison Monday after a commutation from Gov. Jared Polis ended both her 20-month incarceration and a months-long pressure campaign by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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Peters left the La Vista Correctional Facility before the press arrived Monday morning, her attorney said, just over two weeks after Polis cut short her sentence and ordered her swift release.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Trump ally Steve Bannon\u2019s YouTube show after leaving prison, Peters said she \u201cstill (has) a fight to clear my name and bring out the truth for why they came after me the way they did.\u201d She reiterated her baseless claims of election fraud and said her prison term was \u201cretribution.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters thanked Trump, to whom she\u2019d written two letters while inside the Pueblo facility. She said she intended to focus on her health and was interested in advocating for criminal justice reform after her experience in prison.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d been promised so many times, you\u2019ll be out in two weeks, two weeks, two weeks,\u201d Peters said. \u201c\u2026I really didn\u2019t believe it, but I\u2019ve always had hope. God\u2019s always given me the hope and the strength to endure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under the terms of her release, which was confirmed by state officials Monday, Peters must undergo cognitive behavioral therapy, receive a mental health assessment and take prescribed medications, according to a copy of her parole agreement obtained through a public records request.<\/p>\n

Unless waived by her parole office, she must get a job or enroll in full-time educational courses, and she has to participate in a community corrections program and cannot possess firearms, alcohol or drugs.<\/p>\n

The agreement also references, but doesn\u2019t detail, a restraining order and directs Peters, 70, to comply with it. She is also prohibited from leaving the state without the permission of her Grand Junction parole officer. Public records indicate Peters did not receive a parole hearing before her release. Her parole agreement was signed May 28.<\/p>\n

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State officials completed a pre-parole investigation of her home last week and identified no issues, according to her internal prison file.<\/p>\n

Last month, Peters\u2019 legal team filed an appeal with the state Supreme Court in a bid to have her convictions overturned.<\/p>\n

Dan Rubinstein, the Mesa County district attorney who prosecuted Peters, said Monday that he was unaware of Peters\u2019 parole conditions. He otherwise declined to comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cTina wants everyone to know that it is easy to lose one\u2019s freedom, but it is difficult to endure. She is grateful to all of her friends, reporters, attorneys and loved ones for being so true through the period,\u201d Peters attorney Peter Ticktin said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019 conviction and incarceration became a rallying cry for the president and his election-conspiracist allies.<\/p>\n

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Peters \u201cis grateful to President Trump for never giving up on her, never quitting, and for fighting for her.\u00a0 Without his efforts, she would still be behind bars,\u201d Ticktin wrote in his statement.<\/p>\n

Peters\u2019 release, authorized by Polis\u2019 commutation last month, had long been expected: He had publicly mused that her sentence was too long, and his office had discussed her commutation with other officials, including the judge who sentenced her. Other state officials became resigned to the seeming imminence of a Polis commutation.<\/p>\n

Late last year, the Trump administration sought to transfer her into federal custody. When that failed, Trump publicly blasted Polis. He then vetoed legislation that would\u2019ve funded a water pipeline in southeast Colorado, and his administration moved to gut Boulder\u2019s National Center for Atmospheric Research. Several Democratic officials accused Trump of retaliating against the state because of Peters, and when Polis\u2019 commutation was announced, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert told 9News that \u201cTina was the reason we couldn\u2019t get water.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the weeks since Peters\u2019 commutation, some federal funding has flowed to projects involving the state. Tens of millions of delayed dollars for the Colorado River were released last month. On Monday, Polis\u2019 office announced that $1.8 million for small business development \u2014 which had also been held up \u2014 had been released.<\/p>\n

Polis\u2019 office did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment on the federal funding Monday morning.<\/p>\n

Throughout the first months of the year, Polis had continued to float the idea that Peters\u2019 sentence was harsh. Amid pressure from incensed lawmakers and other elected officials, his office privately told legislators that the governor would wait to make a decision on her sentence until an appeals court weighed in.<\/p>\n

In April, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld Peters\u2019 convictions but ordered that she must be resentenced, finding that her trial judge had based part of his original sentence on Peters\u2019 speech. Polis\u2019 commutation came several weeks later. The governor argued that Peters had been unfairly sentenced and that he didn\u2019t want to wait for her appeals and resentencing to be concluded because they would take too long.<\/p>\n

Polis\u2019 decision has sparked sharp recrimination from other Democrats. He was censured in an overwhelming vote by the state Democratic Party\u2019s central committee, prompting Polis to appear on a subsequent party video call with black tape over his mouth.<\/p>\n

The criticism continued Monday. In a statement, Secretary of State Jena Griswold called Polis\u2019 decision to commute Peters\u2019 sentence \u201can affront to our democracy, the people of Colorado and election officials across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sends a dangerous message about accountability for those who would attack elections,\u201d Griswold wrote. \u201cPeters\u2019 release also will embolden the election denial movement; since the grant of clemency, she has continued to spread election falsehoods and conspiracies.\u201d<\/p>\n

In her interview with Bannon on Monday, Peters defended Polis and criticized the \u201chorrible media\u201d for its coverage of the commutation.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n

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