唐纳德·特朗普总统声称，他将给予“完全赦免”蒂娜·彼得斯(Tina Peters)，科罗拉多州梅萨县前办事员，因2020年大选期间干扰选举相关的州级指控被判9年。
然而，总统对州指控没有管辖权，科罗拉多州官员正在反击，认为总统的赦免承诺是违反宪法的。特朗普周四在社交媒体上发表的声明现在可能会为彼得斯带来一场法律战，彼得斯一直在寻求特朗普的赦免。
彼得斯是证明…有罪在2024年8月因为给一个与特朗普的盟友、access的首席执行官迈克·林德尔(Mike Lindell)到她为她的郡使用的选举软件。该软件的截图出现在右翼网站上，这些网站宣传2020年选举存在欺诈的错误理论。
尽管特朗普总统一再声称选举受到操纵，但没有任何经证实的影响选举结果的重大欺诈案件。
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特朗普一再呼吁释放彼得斯的九年刑期，并于周四晚上在社交媒体上表示，他“对蒂娜试图揭露2020年总统选举舞弊的行为给予完全赦免!”
“蒂娜因要求诚实选举的‘罪行’而坐在科罗拉多州的监狱里，”他说。
特朗普宣布这一消息之际，政府试图将彼得斯转移到联邦拘留所，以便对她拥有更多管辖权。法院驳回了这一动议。
今年8月，总统在一篇社交媒体帖子中说，如果彼得斯不被释放，他将“采取严厉措施”
然而，科罗拉多州官员质疑特朗普对彼得斯定罪的权威，并反驳了他的说法。
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“我们宪法最基本的原则之一是，各州拥有独立的主权，管理我们自己的刑事司法系统，不受联邦政府的干涉，”科罗拉多州司法部长菲尔·魏泽周四在一份声明中说。
“总统可以赦免在州法院受审和定罪的人的想法在美国法律中没有先例，这将严重背离我们的宪法要求，并将站不住脚，”他补充说。
科罗拉多州的州务卿Jena Griswold补充说，彼得斯“在一个州法院被一个陪审团判定犯有州罪。特朗普没有宪法授权赦免她。”
她在一份声明中说，“他的攻击不仅是对我们民主的攻击，也是对各州权利和美国宪法的攻击。”。
截至周五上午，尚未就总统的声明对特朗普政府采取任何法律行动。
Trump claims to pardon jailed Colorado election clerk Tina Peters, but state officials contend it's unconstitutional
President Donald Trump claimed that he is granting a "full pardon" toTina Peters, a former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk who was sentenced to nine years on state-level charges related to election interference during the 2020 election.
However, the president does not have jurisdiction over state charges, and Colorado officials are pushing back, contending that the president's promise of a pardon is unconstitutional. Trump's announcement, which he made on social media Thursday, now likely sets up a legal battle for Peters, who has been seeking a pardon from Trump.
Peters wasconvictedin August 2024 for giving an individual affiliated withMyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Trump ally, accessto theelection software she used for her county.Screenshots of the software appeared on right-wing websites that promoted false theories that the 2020 election was fraudulent.
Despite President Trump's repeated assertions that the election was rigged, there were no proven cases of major fraud that affected the outcome.
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Trump has repeatedly called for Peters to be released from her nine-year sentence, and on Thursday night said on social media that he was "granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!"
"Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the 'crime' of demanding Honest Elections," he said.
Trump's announcement came as the administration attempted to move Peters to federal custody in order to have more jurisdiction over her. The move was denied by the courts.
In August, the president said in a social media post that if Peters wasn't released, he would "take harsh measures."
Colorado officials, however, questioned Trump's authority over Peters' conviction and pushed back against his claims.
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"One of the most basic principles of our constitution is that states have independent sovereignty and manage our own criminal justice systems without interference from the federal government," Colorado Attorney General Phill Weiser said in a statement Thursday.
"The idea that a president could pardon someone tried and convicted in state court has no precedent in American law, would be an outrageous departure from what our constitution requires, and will not hold up," he added.
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold added that Peters "was convicted by a jury of her peers for state crimes in a state Court. Trump has no constitutional authority to pardon her."
"His assault is not just on our democracy, but on states' rights and the American Constitution," she said in a statement.
As of Friday morning, no legal action has been taken against the Trump Administration over the president's announcement.
