Overview
- Peters remains in Colorado custody after the state prison declined to honor President Trump’s Dec. 5 pardon presented by her attorneys.
- Her filing asks the Court of Appeals to recognize the pardon, declare it removes the court’s jurisdiction, and order her immediate release.
- The court ordered the attorney general’s office to respond by Jan. 8, with arguments in her appeal scheduled for Jan. 14.
- Colorado officials argue a presidential pardon cannot nullify state convictions, a position Attorney General Phil Weiser has publicly emphasized.
- Peters’ lawyers cite George Washington’s Whiskey Rebellion pardons as precedent and say they will seek U.S. Supreme Court review if needed; a federal court earlier denied her bid for release pending appeal.