Former Colorado election clerk Tina Peters’s legal team is intensifying pressure on President Donald Trump to pardon her, a move that puts the White House in a complicated position.

A federal judge on Monday declined Peters’s bid to be released from prison on bond while an appeals court considers her challenge to a 2024 conviction on charges of election interference in 2020. 

Recommended Stories

Tina Peters’s conviction upheld, but court orders resentencing over 2020 fraud

Election denier Tina Peters to be granted clemency by Jared Polis

Trump grants ‘full pardon’ to Tina Peters after 2020 election interference conviction