Federal officials have formally requested that former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters be transferred to federal custody, the latest in a monthslong effort by the Trump administration to free the election conspiracy theorist from a state prison cell.

Officials with the Federal Bureau of Prisons sent a letter about Peters to Colorado’s Department of Corrections on Wednesday, the state confirmed Friday. It’s unclear why the bureau is seeking to transfer Peters, who was given a nine-year sentence to jail and prison last year after being convicted of charges related to unauthorized access to voting equipment.

A corrections spokeswoman declined to release the letter and directed The Denver Post to file a records request to obtain it.

Just The News, a right-wing media outlet, reported last w

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