Overview
- Peters asked the Colorado Court of Appeals to recognize President Trump's Dec. 5 pardon and order her release from the La Vista prison.
- The motion asserts the pardon strips the state appeals court of jurisdiction over her case and should nullify her state convictions.
- The appeals court allowed the attorney general’s office to respond by Jan. 8 and scheduled arguments in Peters’ appeal for Jan. 14.
- Colorado’s attorney general has maintained that a president’s pardon power does not reach state crimes, and prison officials refused a request to free Peters when the pardon was served.
- Peters, convicted for facilitating unauthorized access to county election equipment, previously lost a federal bid for release while her state appeal proceeds.