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A lawyer representing a jailed voter tina peters has supported sending the US military to break his client out of prison, where he is currently being held after being convicted of plotting to overturn the 2020 election.
Peter Ticktin made these comments during an appearance steve bannon‘S war Room podcast Tuesday when asked whether the President donald trump The prestigious 101st Airborne Division must be dispatched to free 70-year-old Peters, the disgraced former county clerk of Mesa County. colorado,
“Do I think it should be done? Who am I, yes – I would love to see it happen,” Ticktin replied.
Peters is serving a nine-year prison sentence Indicted on seven of 10 charges in August 2024four of which were felonies for allowing a MyPillow salesman and an associate of Trump loyalists mike lindell Access to a secure room to make a copy of a hard drive containing data from the state’s 2020 presidential election results, all in support of Trump’s still-unproven fraud narrative, which he attempted to discredit and overturn Joe BidenThe victory was achieved by crying foul about a baseless conspiracy.
Despite repeatedly protesting his innocence, including appearing as a guest on Bannon’s show, Peters was told by District Court Judge Matthew Barrett sentencing hearing Last October: “You are no hero. You are a fraud who used your previous position in office to sell snake oil that has been proven time and again to be worthless.”
Even Barrett’s rebuke could not stop him from becoming asked for cause celebreTrump himself directed the Justice Department in May to take action to secure his release Colorado threatened with “drastic measures” If Peters is not freed.
The administration had requested his transfer to federal custody earlier this month, citing concerns about his health.
A bipartisan group of Colorado county clerks reacted to that development by issuing a rare joint statement to their Democratic governor, Jared Polis, urged him to protest Called and accused him of betraying the election workers by remaining silent.
“This shouldn’t be a big deal to the governor,” said Paul Lopez, Denver clerk and recorder. “Now is the time to prove your ability.”
On Sunday, Trump reiterated its call for Peters’ release On Truth Social, demanding across the headlines: “Free Tina Peters, who is in a Colorado prison, dying and old, for attempting to expose rigged voter fraud in the 2O20 presidential election!!!”
While Gov. Polis has not addressed the growing pressure campaign on Peters’ behalf, Colorado Attorney General Jenna Griswold pointedly said in a statement Friday: “Tina Peters stands alone as an example of the nefarious actions and consequences of election denialism.
“Their deliberate and criminal actions were carried out in support of Donald Trump’s ‘big lie.’ He violated Colorado law and his duty to administer Mesa County elections. After an extensive trial, a jury of his peers found him guilty of his crimes.
“Peters is serving a sentence in state prison for state crimes that harmed her community and violated the trust placed in her office. She is incarcerated because she broke Colorado law.”
Local MAGA podcaster Joe Oltman, meanwhile, has added to the tension Call to hang police And other state officials over the way the Peters case was handled should be hanged “until their necks die”.