Despite President Trump’s demands, Tina Peters remains incarcerated
President Trump recently issued a stern message to Colorado, urging the state to release Tina Peters – but Ms. Peters still remains incarcerated, drawing questions about the DOJ’s perceived inaction
by Summer Lane | October 3, 2025
Despite pressure placed on Colorado to release Tina Peters, a 70-year-old woman who was convicted and imprisoned after allegedly making a copy of a Mesa County election server, she is still incarcerated.
“Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW,” President Trump wrote in late August.
He added, “She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sick. If she is not released, I am going to take harsh measures!!!”
The president described Ms. Peters as a “brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting governor of the State.”
It is unclear if Trump’s Department of Justice has made any strides toward fulfilling the president’s request to secure Ms. Peters’ release.
Last year, Ms. Peters was sentenced to nine years of incarceration “for her role in the breach of her own election equipment in 2021,” according to the Colorado Secretary of State’s office.
However, many critics view Peters’ sentencing as a form of political persecution for drawing attention to election processes in Mesa County during a tumultuous period of political unrest.
“We wanted to get Tina out on bail…the trial judge said no,” Peters’ lawyer Peter Ticktin told Emerald Robinson earlier this year.
“He not only said no, but he said no because of what she might say. Well, this is a deprivation of freedom of speech,” Ticktin alleged.
In a statement posted on her X account on Thursday, Tina Peters released a lengthy statement detailing her current situation at the La Vista Women’s Correctional Facility.
“At 70 years old, having lost my son in service to our country, I find myself wrongfully imprisoned, yet my thoughts turn to these sisters in struggle, many so young and full of potential, trapped in a system that fails them profoundly,” she wrote.
She lamented a prison system that lacks “meaningful programs” and said “education and skill-building opportunities are promised [but] rarely delivered.”
Just prior to her statement about the condition of the correctional facility, Ms. Peters released a pointed comment on X, further claiming that she is the victim of “lawfare”:
“Where is everybody? I did what I was supposed to do—legally—to expose their crimes. Who has my back now? Where are the people who benefited? Has it been decided that I will be made the SACRIFICIAL LAMB to give the networks something to rally behind? The President has demanded my release four times—twice on Twitter, twice verbally. Why is the DOJ defying Trump’s demands? Get off your asses and get me out!”
She sharply criticized the judges who denied her bond and alleged that they were “put in place illegally, selected by benefactors in these blackmail rings like Epstein and P. Diddy. They collect their dues.”
Ms. Peters further called herself a “political prisoner” and asked for help with paying for her attorney’s fees to fund her appeal.
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