Former election clerk Tina Peters released after Trump pressure campaign

Peters had been sentenced to nine years in state prison after allowing an unauthorised person access to Colorado state voting machines. Peters, a conspiracy theorist convicted after 2020 election, served less than a quarter of her nine-year sentenceTina Peters, the former clerk convicted of participating in a scheme to chase election conspiracy theories promulgated by Donald Trump, was released from prison on Monday after the president successfully pressured Colorado’s Democratic governor into commuting her sentence.Peters’ release was confirmed by the Colorado corrections department.