President Donald Trump announced in a Thursday Truth social rant that he would be pardoning the former Colorado elections clerk convicted of trying to overturn the 2020 election. But the pardon itself, however, yields little power.
After accusing Democrats of “ignor[ing] violent and vicious crime of all shapes, sizes, colors, and types,” the president announced that he would be pardoning Tina Peters.
“Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest,” Trump wrote in the post.
“Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!”
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