34-time convicted felon, sexual abuser and President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he is directing the U.S. Department of Justice to “take all necessary action to help secure the release of Tina Peters, whom he called a “hostage,” from prison. He called her imprisonment a “communist persecution” by “Radical Left Democrats.”
Tina Peters received due process in a heavily Republican county. She could have been sentenced to over 20 years in prison, but got less than half the maximum amount of time she could have received.
We all lived through the Tina Peters scandal and we all know what happened. We all saw how she was given every break in the book in the years’ long run-up to her trial.
You can read Trump’s unhinged post for yourself, above.
Trump has no ability to pardon Tina because she was convicted of state, and not federal crimes. Tina has also not applied for a pardon from Governor Polis.
Republicans have been pressuring Trump to withhold federal funding from the state of Colorado unless Tina is freed.
A spokesman for Gov. Polis said in March, “Quid pro quo or blackmail is not the way our system of laws work. Coloradans are federal taxpayers,” the statement said. “It’s repugnant to demand to withhold taxpayer money in exchange for a political favor.”
Trump wants to leave issues to the states until it involves one of his political supporters, and then he’s all about aggressive interference in state matters.
Getting under your skin is he?
President Trump has proclaimed himself Poop. So He’s got that going for Him, which is nice