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Trump said Thursday evening he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters,
a former Colorado county clerk who is serving a nine-year state sentence for allowing unauthorized access to voting machines
— even though the president's pardon power ionly applies to federal crimes. 
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Trump pardons jailed ex-Colorado election official Tina Peters, but she was charged in state court
President Trump said he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, a former Colorado county clerk who was convicted of allowing unauthorized access to voting machines — even though the pardon power is widely understood to only apply to federal crimes.

Discharge Petition No. 12, Bill Number: H.Res. 486, 119th Congress (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)
https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025121012?Page=2
http://www.memeorandum.com/251210/p141#a251210p141

Lawyer suggests governor could be in handcuffs in wild tirade over jailed MAGA clerk - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-2674395634/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Dec.12.2025_9.13pm

At least some good news:
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-50eb4ad421911696e742d8c4fb4962fd

Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices on Monday turned away an appeal from a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling. Clerk Kim Davis had been trying to get the justices to overturn a lower-court order that she pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. Justice Clarence Thomas has urged his colleagues to overturn t…

At least some good news:
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-50eb4ad421911696e742d8c4fb4962fd

Supreme Court rejects appeal to overturn its same-sex marriage ruling
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The justices on Monday turned away an appeal from a former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling. Clerk Kim Davis had been trying to get the justices to overturn a lower-court order that she pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees. Justice Clarence Thomas has urged his colleagues to overturn t…

Can't pardon state crimes.
Trump unveils 'pardon' for MAGA clerk convicted of aiding election security breach - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/tina-peters-2674393290/

Trump asserts he has pardoned county clerk convicted in Colorado case (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/11/trump-tina-peters-election-denial/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p155#a251211p155

Unveiling a Population of Strong Galaxy–Galaxy Lensed, Faint Dusty Star-forming #Galaxies: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/adfa88 -> James Clerk Maxwell Telescope Helps Discover 13 Distant, Dusty Galaxies: https://www.maunakeaobservatories.org/stories/james-clerk-maxwell-telescope-helps-discover-13-distant-dusty-galaxies

Trump wants one of his conspiracy theorist followers out of Colorado prison custody. Colorado isn't having any of it.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/colorado-news/tina-peters-not-going-int…

Judge rules in favor of New York clerk, tosses Texas abortion pill lawsuit
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5584536-new-york-texas-abortion-pill-lawsuit/