Overview
- Ed Martin, the Justice Department’s pardon attorney, has been pressing internally for relief for Peters and publicly signaled ongoing efforts.
- The DOJ has already urged a federal judge to release Peters from state custody while she appeals, with a ruling still expected this year.
- Martin said on a podcast that the department wants Peters moved to a federal facility, but Colorado corrections officials say no transfer process is underway.
- Peters was convicted last year on state charges tied to a 2021 Mesa County election-systems breach and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Pueblo women’s prison.
- President Trump called Peters an “innocent political prisoner,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene urged him to “please free” her, and legal experts note only Colorado’s governor can grant clemency for her state conviction.