Overview

• Attorney Peter Ticktin told Steve Bannon that the Justice Department was prepared last month to transfer Tina Peters out of Colorado state prison and alleged Blanche halted the effort.
• Patrick Byrne said the proposed mechanism was to label Peters a “witness” in an unspecified case to justify shifting her into federal custody and a lower-security setting.
• The Justice Department has not confirmed any such plan, and Peters, sentenced in 2023 to nine years for allowing election-system data to be copied, remains in state custody.
• Senior Trump-world figures have publicly backed Blanche, with DOJ chief of staff Chad Mizelle, Matt Gaetz, and Alina Habba praising his performance and dismissing the criticism.
• Calls to oust Blanche have been amplified by Emerald Robinson, Alex Jones, and the Hodge Twins, who also accuse him of blocking other MAGA priorities such as aid for Jan. 6 defendants.