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

An appeals court upheld former Mesa County, Colorado, Clerk Tina Peters’s conviction, but ordered her resentencing.

Peters was convicted in 2024 on state charges for her role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election and sentenced to eight and a half years in prison. Her imprisonment became a cause celebre for many on the Right, and hopes were high for her appeal, but on Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction. However, the jury decided that she should be resentenced, as her sentencing was “based in part on improper consideration of her exercise of her right to free speech.”

The jury ruled in favor of her conviction after deciding President Donald Trump didn’t have the power to pardon her, as her offense was under a state law.

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) expressed some satisfaction with the ruling, though he argued her sentence was “fair and appropriate.”

“Whatever happens