Polis Fires 2 Clemency Board Members Over Tina Peters Vote Leak
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Updated · The Denver Post · Jul 1
Polis Fires 2 Clemency Board Members Over Tina Peters Vote Leak
3 articles · Updated · The Denver Post · Jul 1
Summary
Two Colorado clemency board members were removed after they publicly said the panel had twice voted unanimously against freeing Tina Peters, despite Gov. Jared Polis commuting her nine-year sentence in May.
Polis said Hannah Seigel Proff and Azra Taslimi breached confidentiality by disclosing members' votes, and his office named two replacements Wednesday.
The two attorneys had argued the Peters case exposed a clemency system that "bends for some and holds firm against everyone else," saying Polis had also ignored recommendations to grant clemency in other cases.
Peters, the former Mesa County clerk convicted on four felonies tied to election-system access after the 2020 vote, was released June 1 and has since resumed promoting election conspiracy claims.
The dispute extends a backlash that already brought Democratic criticism and a state party censure of Polis, while Peters this week met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.