President Donald Trump said Thursday night that he is pardoning Tina Peters, a former county clerk in Colorado who has promoted false claims about the 2020 election and was convicted last year in connection with a voting system's security breach.

Trump's pardon is largely symbolic since Peters, who is now in prison , was convicted of state crimes, which are not shielded by presidential pardon powers.

“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 on Truth Social .

“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!” h

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