Tina Peters to remain in state custody despite federal request [View all]
Source: KUSA 9NEWS Denver
The convicted former Mesa County clerk will remain in state custody after the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) said Tuesday night that it would not respond to a Department of Justice request to take Tina Peters into federal custody.
"Requests to transfer inmates from the Colorado Department of Corrections emanate from the state, and not from other entities. The Department is not currently seeking any transfer,” said Alondra Gonzalez, a spokesperson for CDOC.
Peters is currently behind bars at the Colorado Department of Corrections, serving a nine-year prison sentence that stems from an election rigging conspiracy theory scheme. She was convicted of several felonies for allowing fellow election deniers access to local voting systems in search of voter fraud in the 2020 election, repeating Trump's debunked claims.
Read more: https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/tina-peters-not-going-into-federal-custody/73-183803a6-3334-4793-ac61-e186d70a94f4
Read more: https://www.coloradopols.com/diary/218881/trumps-attempt-to-rescue-tina-peters-and-his-conscience-has-failed
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