Pardoned Elections Clerk Says She Knows Dems Will Cheat at the Midterms

Tina Peters, a former elections clerk convicted of multiple charges related to security breaches of Colorado’s 2020 presidential election results, on Monday accused Democrats of trying to “cheat” in the 2026 midterms.

Peters, who was ordered in 2024 to serve nine years in prison before Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence last month in the wake of a pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, made the accusations on Steve Bannon’s podcast shortly after her release from Colorado’s La Vista Correctional Facility. She did not provide evidence for her claims.

“I see these elections that are taking place in real time: the Mamdanis, the Virginia governor — Spanberger — and then what’s going on in California and Texas and Maine — just all over the country,” Peters said. “And I know that the Democrats are going to cheat, and no one’s really addressing the problem that I spent my time in prison as retribution for, and that was exposing the election machines that allow the votes to be flipped.”

Peters was convicted in 2024 of attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation, violation of duty and other crimes by jurors in Mesa County after allowing an outside computer expert affiliated with My Pillow Chief Executive and fellow Trump supporter Mike Lindell to access the county’s Dominion Voting Systems computer server as it was updated in 2021.

Her case became a flashpoint for conspiracy theorists who claimed, as has she, that nationwide election fraud was the reason President Trump lost the 2020 election.

Trump himself championed her case throughout her trial. After an appeals court upheld her conviction in April, the president pressured Polis to commute Peters’ sentence. Polis eventually did, though he received widespread backlash from Democratic party members of his own state.

In a statement to the press, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said he remains “concerned” about Peters’ conduct.

“Tina Peters may be free from prison, but she isn’t free from the crimes she committed tampering with her county’s election equipment,” Weiser said. “She is a convicted felon, and I remain concerned about her conduct upon returning to Mesa County given her lack of remorse for her crimes. I will continue to fight Tina Peters’ efforts to overturn her conviction in the courts. The safety of our elections and the rule of law require it.”

Peter walked out of prison on Monday, June 1. The Colorado Department of Corrections confirmed her release, adding that it would have no more information about Peters.