Pro-Trump clerk convicted in 2020 election scheme threatened, attacked in prison, lawyer says
A Colorado county clerk convicted in a pro-Trump 2020 election denial scheme was threatened and attacked in prison, her lawyer says.Tina Peters, 70, is serving a nine-year sentence on state...
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A Colorado county clerk convicted in a pro-Trump 2020 election denial scheme was threatened and attacked in prison, her lawyer says. Tina Peters, 70, is serving a nine-year sentence on state charges in Colorado. Her attorney, Peter Ticktin, says she has been violently attacked by fellow inmates on three separate occasions. Ticktin made the claim in a Saturday letter addressed to President Donald Trump , who has expressed keen interest in the case. "About 6 months ago, Mrs. Peters was threatened with harm. Her life was threatened by a group of inmates, to stab her and to kill her. This was reported to the FBI and DOJ, which had agents interview her. She was moved to a different unit," Ticktin wrote. "In the new unit, she was attacked by other prisoners three times in different locations where guards had to pull inmates off of her," the letter continued. "There is actually a safe unit where inmates who do not cause problems can be assigned. She has applied to be put into that unit but was denied six times without a valid reason." TRUMP ISSUES SWEEPING PARDONS FOR 2020 ELECTION ALLIES — WHAT THE MOVE REALLY MEANS Ticktin went on to argue that Trump has the power to pardon Peters despite her being convicted of state-level crimes. "The reason that many pundits opine that you have only the power to grant pardons for federal offenses is that we all understand the 'United States' to be the federal government of our country," he wrote, referring to the text of the pardon power in the Constitution. "We have one country, and it is called the 'United States,'" he added before making a lengthy argument about the phrasing of the pardon power. TRUMP ISSUES FRESH PARDONS FOR JAN 6 DEFENDANTS, INCLUDING WOMAN ACCUSED OF THREATENING FBI ON SOCIAL MEDIA Peters was sentenced to nine years in prison after a state jury convicted her of participating in a scheme to breach the Mesa County voting systems following the 2020 elections. Peters filed a lawsuit seeking her release earlier this…