Colorado Officials Reject Trump’s ‘Pardon’ of a Convicted Election Denier: The president’s stated intention to pardon Tina Peters, jailed for tampering with election machines in 2020, has set off a legal fight over the extent of Mr. Trump’s pardon powers.
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**Snippet**:
* President Trump’s pledge to pardon Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk convicted of tampering with voting machines, touched off a furious new battle on Friday over the fate of perhaps the last high-profile 2020 election denier still behind bars.
* Democratic leaders in Colorado dismissed the pardon as an empty attempt to bully a Democratic state into freeing one of the president’s political allies. They argued that Mr. Trump had no legal power to overturn Ms. Peters’ conviction in state court.
There shouldn’t be any legal fight in the first place. The constitution is very clear on what to do in this situation and unless Trump wants to invade Colorado and break her out, she is going nowhere
Say NO to Trump!
There shouldn’t even be a legal fight. Federal government has no business with State crimes.
his powers should be as limited as his intellect.
>They argued that Mr. Trump had no legal power to overturn Ms. Peters’s conviction in state court.
They “argued?” How about: **Trump has no legal power to overturn Ms. Peters’s conviction in state court.** Fucking corporate media cowards.
He can’t pardon state crimes. Legal battle over.
Don’t worry, the corrupt Republican controlled supreme court will intervene here and say that Trump has the power to do what ever the fuck he wants.
Fight over reality more like.
This is a reminder that presidential power isn’t unlimited, no matter how much Trump wants it to be. States will have authority, and they don’t have to play along with political pardons meant to score loyalty points.
I am not sure they’d release her even if the Supreme Court issues more new edicts on presidential power. This is a state crime, there is no nuance here, we either have federalism or tyranny.
Cue tangerine tantrum…
Coming soon: Courts say she should be released while this is all sorted out.
Give me the Supreme Court a week and they’ll change the law so the president can pardon anyone.
It is outrageous for the NYT to characterize this as a “legal fight.” There is no fight. All serious lawyers and legal scholars agree that the President cannot grant pardons for State offenses.
The press is absolutely useless man, headline makes it seem like it’s up in the air
They should just laugh at how much of a fucking moron he is.
Dont file anything in court. Just ignore him.
Oh, the irony. He is literally filling the streets of the US with criminals. Who did the GOP accuse of doing that?
I guess I’m a pardoner denier.
He’s pardoned her of a federal crime maybe (if shitty twitter announcements count), she’s incarcerated for a state one.
January 6th was an attempt at insurrection.
When are Republicans going to accept responsibility for criminal acts..
Fight? No, it’s been rejected.
The end. It had no legal weight and Colorado knows it.
the media needs to stop normalizing this, its literally not constitutional.
He has no power in Colorado.
He’s likely doing it as a test case because he wants to make his own state convictions go away.
Every time he calls or sends a communication, say ‘ok’ and don’t do shit. Trump is one stupid motherfucker… and his supporters are even more so.
Fuck off NYT. You’re complicit in this fresh hell we’re in. I don’t believe a word they say, whether for or against DJT
Good job Colorado – keep it up!
Wow. States rights were so hot back when Biden was president. What gives? /s
This just feels like more proof that he and his ilk tampered with machines to win the election. Democrats are such cowards to not even try to comprehensively verify election integrity.
Things that we might want to end: the presidential pardon, congressional stock trading, and Citizens United.