LOADING ERROR LOADINGDENVER (AP) — A Colorado appeals court ruled Thursday that a former county clerk convicted in a scheme that attempted to find proof of fraud in the 2020 presidential election should be resentenced. AdvertisementJudges on the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld her conviction, but said that a judge should not have considered Peters’ continued promotion of election fraud conspiracies when he sentenced her in 2024. The court sent Peters’ case back to a lower court for a judge to issue a new sentence. President Donald Trump has sought unsuccessfully to pardon Peters and pressured Colorado to set her free. AdvertisementThe appeals court found that the sentence punished Peters for maintaining that there was fraud in the 2020 election.

Source: Huffington Post April 02, 2026 19:55 UTC