May 15, 2026 – Tina Peters is granted clemency; Peters posts statement on X and social media responds

In Email/Dossier/Govt Corruption Investigations, Featured Timeline Entries by Katie Weddington

Thank you Governor Polis.
I made mistakes, and for those I am sorry. Five years ago I misled the Secretary of State when allowing a person to gain access to county voting equipment. That was wrong. I have learned and grown during my time in prison and going forward I will make sure that my actions always follow the law, and I will avoid the mistakes of the past.

I strongly condemned it when people not connected to me threatened to storm the prison I am in. I myself have faced threats, so, I also want to be clear that I condemn any and all bullying, threats and acts of violence against voters, county clerks, election workers, and other public officials, and concerned citizens like myself.

Upon release, I plan to do my best through legal means to support election integrity and based on my own personal experiences to elevate the cause of prison reform to help ensure the detention system is more fair and equitable for people of all ages. My experiences have given me a perspective that plan to share with others to improve Colorado’s corrections system. I am grateful for a second chance and an earlier release, and I look forward to doing good in the world.

Tina Peters received clemency today from Gov. Jared Polis, and now Jena Griswold needs to answer for her crimes.

Griswold spent years calling demonizing Peters as a criminal who she said compromised voting equipment and threatened Colorado’s elections.

And then Griswold left voting system passwords online.

She said it was a mistake, it was unintentional, the safeguards worked, and everyone was supposed to trust the process.

You do not get to spend years treating one election breach like the end of democracy, then expect everyone to look away when the breach happened under your watch.

Why wasn’t Griswold ever prosecuted?

UPDATE 5/16/2026

(…) Griswold, who is running for Attorney General of Colorado in the 2026 midterms, joined CNN last night to vent her frustrations. While Griswold does mention the Colorado Appeals Court’s decision to order a new sentencing in Peters’ case, the Secretary failed to mention a Colorado state senator, Sonya Jacquez Lewis, who was convicted of the same exact felony as Peters but only sentenced to probation and community service, while Peters, a gold star mother with no prior convictions, was given almost a decade in prison.

Griswold: This sends a message to Trump’s followers that if they break the law, well, they might get off just fine. This sends a message to Donald Trump that if he retaliates hard enough, he’ll be able to get a state to do his bidding. And this tells election officials that however hard we work, some people may just be above the law if they attack American democracy. That’s a dangerous, dangerous message to send the country right now.


(Read more: The Gateway Pundit, 5/16/2026)