Federal officials said the review will evaluate whether Peters’ prosecution was “oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate government

Supporters are targeting state officials with an email campaign, while also calling on the Trump administration to take action.

The Department of Justice says it is reviewing the prosecution of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. It's latest move by the Trump administration to use its power to reward allies who violated the law on the president's behalf.

Tina Peters was sent to prison after acting on Trump’s 2020 election lies. Now, Trump’s Justice Department is intervening in her case without cause.

The DOJ is probing the state conviction of Tina Peters, the first election official found guilty of a felony over 2020 election conspiracy theories, for "abuses of the criminal justice process."

The decision, revealed in a filing in a Colorado clerk’s bid to overturn her conviction, marks another example of President Trump’s Justice Department intervening to aid supporters or go after foes.

The U.S. Department of Justice reviews the Colorado case against former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, who was convicted of election equipment security breach.

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice on Monday, citing “reasonable concerns,” filed a motion intended to review Tina Peters’ 2024 voting data scheme conviction, alleging the case could have been motivated to inflict “political pain” rather than “pursuing actual justice.