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Matt Cohen at Democracy Docket:
Prominent right-wing figures are calling for the military to free Tina Peters, the Colorado election-denier-turned-MAGA-folk-hero who’s currently serving a nine-year prison sentence for her role in a 2021 voting system data breach, in a failed attempt to find voter fraud. The escalating rhetoric comes as the Trump administration aims to pressure Colorado officials to transfer Peters to federal custody — and underscores how springing Peters from prison has become a cause celebre among conspiracy-driven far-right activists. During a Nov. 24 interview with Steve Bannon, Peters’ attorney Peter Ticktin suggested that the president send in the military to free Peters from state prison in Colorado. “Do I think that it should be done?” Ticktin asked. “Yeah. I would love to see that happen.”
“This audience would one million percent back you, back the Justice Department, back the Secretary of War, back the President of the United States if we did this tomorrow morning,” Bannon responded. “And that’s the type of thing it’s going to take [to free Peters].” Ticktin and Bannon aren’t the only conservative figures calling for military intervention to secure Peters’ release.Â
[...] Though CDOC refused to transfer Peters to federal custody, Polis (D) has yet to publicly comment on Peters’ status. Since Peters was convicted on state and not federal charges, only Polis has the power to pardon or transfer her. A bipartisan coalition of Colorado county clerks called out Polis for his silence on the issue. “Polis’ indecision, or his refusal to publicly address the decision, is already causing harm to clerks across Colorado,” Boulder County Clerk Molly Fitzpatrick (R) reportedly said during a recent Zoom press conference. “The governor welcomes an opportunity to meet with the clerks to hear from them directly and has signed many laws to protect the integrity of our free and fair elections, including increasing penalties for threatening public officials,” a spokesperson for Polis’ office told CBS News.
Fringe right bozos are calling on the military to free right-wing former election clerk Tina Peters, who is in prison for a 2021 voter data breach.
