Historical Examination Confirms Presidential Pardons Extend to State Pardons
On December 11, 2025, only a few months ago, President Trump pardoned Tina Peters.
Per a post on Truth Social, President Trump shared:
For years, Democrats ignored Violent and Vicious Crime of all shapes, sizes, colors, and types. Violent Criminals who should have been locked up were allowed to attack again. Democrats were also far too happy to let in the worst from the worst countries so they could rip off American Taxpayers. Democrats only think there is one crime – Not voting for them! Instead of protecting Americans and their Tax Dollars, Democrats chose instead to prosecute anyone they can find that wanted Safe and Secure Elections. Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest. Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the “crime” of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!
However, when attorneys representing Tina Peters showed up at the prison where Peters is being housed, President Trump’s pardon was ignored.
The prison officials took the law and the US Constitution into their own hands, refusing to release Peters. These prison employees refused to recognize the pardon.
Tina was sentenced to 9 years in prison in a kangaroo court for doing her job after the 2020 election and keeping records of her county’s election results. False charges were raised against her, and a corrupt, outright evil, and biased judge sentenced her to 9 years. This included sentencing Peters for a felony on a misdemeanor conviction.
There’s been some debate on whether President Trump could pardon Peters since she was convicted in a (corrupt) Colorado court. Here is one individual’s analysis of whether this was constitutional.
I have long accepted the conventional view that the President’s constitutional power to grant pardons extends only to federal offenses leaving violations of state law beyond his reach. This interpretation, drawn from longstanding Supreme Court precedent and modern constitutional commentary, seems straightforward at first glance, and well-established by precedent. However, when one examines the historical and textual record more closely, one begins to question whether this limitation truly reflects the original understanding at the Founding (1787–1789).
The U.S. Constitution grants the President the power “to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment” (Art. II, § 2, cl. 1). Conventional wisdom holds that this limits pardons to federal offenses, excluding violations of state law. Yet this interpretation does not seem to align with the original meaning…
…No Founding-era evidence suggests an intent to make the power inferior to the King’s. The Convention’s silence on such a limit—amid debates over treason, timing, and Congressional approval—supports this. If the Framers meant federal-only, why did they omit explicit language, given their familiarity with dual sovereignty?
Ex parte Garland (71 U.S. 333, 1866), in the mid 19th Century, still describes the power as “unlimited” (except impeachment), extending to “every offence known to the law” exercisable before, during, or after proceedings, without legislative fetter. It did not exclude state offenses. Not until Ex parte Grossman (267 U.S. 87, 1925)—addressing criminal contempt under federal Prohibition law—did the Court state that “Offences against the United States” was added by the Committee on Style “presumably to make clear that the pardon of the President was to operate upon offenses against the United States, as distinguished from offenses against the states.”
Note that the year when this interpretation finally appeared is 1925, and this is exactly the period when linguistic usage now shifted decisively towards treating “the United States” as a singular, and thus an entity separate from the states, as we can see from Google’s Ngram Viewer, which shows the now-changed pattern of linguistic usage. Data from Google’s Ngram Viewer confirms plural dominance from 1780–1860, peaking around 1820–1860, then declining post-Civil War, until it reached its nadir around 1925..
An originalist reading thus must question whether the power to pardon is limited to Federal crimes. The Framers’ plural conception of “the United States,” combined with the prerogative’s historical breadth and the delegates’ silence during the founding Convention, suggests no necessary exclusion of state offenses. The King pardoned colonial crimes; why would the Framers—rejecting monarchy but vesting executive pardon in one person—impose a restriction never discussed?
To conclude, then, we can state the following with reasonable certainty:
- The presidential power to pardon granted by the Founders was modeled precisely upon that of the King’s.
- The King’s power to pardon was delegated to the governors of the colonies, but remained with him, and could be exercised by him in the individual colonies despite his delegation.
- The office of governor of the King’s colonies is the historical antecedent of the governor of a state.
- Therefore, the presidential power to pardon, if it mirrored the King’s, should extend to the states.
- Supporting this view, the phrase “United States” was clearly viewed at the Founding as plural, and thus, by implication, the presidential power to pardon extends to the states.
Not until 1925, when the “United States” had become treated as a singular, and thus to mean Federal power alone, did the presidential power to pardon become limited only to Federal offenses.
If, therefore, Originalism means anything, the courts should reconsider their modern interpretation of Article II.
—Anthony Tye Rodrigues, [email protected] , 02/03/2026
Joe, you seem to have a crush on Tina. Planning on getting a gum job when she gets out? Or do you swing the other way like your brother?
Bet that sounded funnier in your head…didn't it.
How do people like you walk with their heads so far up their butt?
New 760 comment POS Leftie private account. You need another nose ring and a shower. Gutless little creep.
Blocked.
Get some help. If this is the way you get yourself motivated to start your day, you probably need inpatient care
Making fun of hillbillies is the best medicine, some say.
Hey GP, why do you allow this filth from this, so called person?
See those three little dots above every comment (Post Menu)?
Use them. Flag it or block it.
I already did with the three little dots above every comment.
Blow Up Colorado! The Ca. Crazies cheated into Alfred Packardville!
If for nothing else then there's gold in them there hills
So, unfortunately that means an attorney representing Tina is going to have to take the case to SCOTUS and get them to rule on whether the President can pardon non-federal crimes.
And the SCOTUS will rule 9-0 that he doesn't at which point you'll see another article here claiming SCOTUS is corrupt and demanding Trump expand the court through executive power.
Calm down, Karen. Take your panties out of your sphincter and take a deep breath. My point is that if there is a legitimate dispute regarding the constitutional powers of presidential pardons, that's going to have to be taken up by SCOTUS. I highly doubt it would be 9-0, either. Emotional little snowflake, aren't ya?
Even if they find for Trump it will be slow as molasses. They could take a year or more. That's Justice Delayed which we know is Justice, D……
Calm down, Karen. Take your panties out of your sphincter and take a deep breath. My point is that if there is a legitimate dispute regarding the constitutional powers of presidential pardons, that's going to have to be taken up by SCOTUS. I highly doubt it would be 9-0, either. Emotional little snowflake, aren't ya?
Actually, LB is just another troll
Scrotus IS corrupt…
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Now Arrest the Judge Blocking and get Tina "OUT"…!
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WOW!
Good news for Tina Peters!
Free her.
She is a noble PATRIOT.
LB denies she is a patriot. Low life d scum
She is a wonderful woman.
May God bless her.
How about send in the US Marshals and get her out and arrest the warden and the guards
Let's free her if the worse have her bond out,while SCOTUS debates.
Just stop with this crap. It's well established law that the President cannot pardon state crimes. Quit misleading people with lies for clicks.
It's established precedent, not establish law. There is a huge difference.
Not really. It's stare decisis and long standing with the textual problem that Presidents have no authority over state crimes as written clearly. There are multiple other legal references that draw definite boundaries between federal and state. It's the same reason that people end up with federal and state convictions for the same crime and serve both sentences.
Nothing you just typed contradicts what I said. There is no established law, there is established precedent based on contemporary interpretation of the constitution. That can change at the whim of SCOUTUS. See: Roe v Wade.
Answer this: Can the SCOTUS tell a State it's laws are not constitutional, and therefore void? If SCOTUS can undo state level legislation, why can't POTUS undo state level convictions?
Back atcha Mike
If the President has the power to activate the state's militia's (National Guard) and put them under his control, then it only stands to reason that the President can pardon an individual for state crime (in this case a fabricated crime).
IMHO a State is the United States and there is no USA without the States, therefore, a President should able to pardon all crimes occurring within the United States, period.
Except the Constitution draws a clear legal distinction between federal and state. 1 state is not the same as the union of 50.
So? Do federal laws apply to all states?
Go get her. Let Colorado sue.
Then Colorado needs to heavily remunerate her for time unlawful incarceration since the pardon.
Let Tina out.
Like your cage? Enjoy your B.A.R.
Look at LB's history. 201 posts, last a year ago, then 2 years ago, then all day long on this one article. HI, JENA GRISWOLD, NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK.
All day? Like 30 minutes or so? Lol. Enjoy your clickbait.
Enjoy your prison sentence.
#FreeTinaPeters
HOW LONG WILL WE ALLOW these evil demons to take over OUR AMERICA…These dems Refuse to obey our laws & still escape Justice…WHAT DOES THE DOJ ACTUALLY DO???…oh wait..the holdovers there are Still in Control….When will Trumps appointment be made…before or after America is Destroyed…
This Was Also a Federal Election
Which means it’s a FEDERAL CASE TOO.
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Our Federal Government should bring a criminal case against State Government Officials & Employees for Crime of Election Fraud ‼️
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Get that gold star mom the hell out of there!
Not how it works. She broke the law and is now paying the piper. FAFO
She validated the corruption which sparked outrage within the ranks of Democrats that were committing fraud. The judge showed and validated that with his outrageous diatribe in her sentencing. (He protested to much).
It was Democrats circling the wagons to protect their fraud power and structure in Colorado.
I agree with Anthony, and I've pointed this out before. It clearly means all crimes within the USA.
Gee, where is the SC when you need them…
SCOTUS will Gorsuch/Roberts this in a heartbeat.
Autopen pardons are absolute, legal or not. Just have some clerk sign one for Tina.
He should send in a Delta team or maybe a Seal team and get her the HELL out before she gets suicided!
Where are the charges for those keeping her in prison ?
You magatz are some of the dumbest most delusional mother flukers on the planet. That dumb cllunt ain't getting out of prison. And thanks to trump, you boomers and elder genx'ers will never see another republican president in your lifetimes
Go F yourself.
Cope and seethe.
So glad you have blessed us with your wisdom and knowledge. Since you are here, please enlighten us to the following.
1) Can women become men?
2) Can men become women and deliver babies from………….somewhere?
Bonus points:
3) At what point do the chromosomes change to reflect the new gender that a "transgender" chooses?
TIA
Great! All we need is for the Supreme Court to grow a spine and correct this! It's a shame that I have low expectations from these traitors. Not counting Alito and Thomas of course.
Its events like this that put the cherry on top of evil. This removes any possibility for deniability…. the democrat sewer rats are evil…. anybody still voting sewer rat are evil and stupid.
some insist that her penalty is deserved as many "GOP" participated in the prosecution. Colorado is gone. the free spirits that live in the mountains need to tread softly as Denver/Boulder politicians are "woke" and in charge.
Or, and hear me out, the rule of law still exists in CO.
Yet the politicos there have been breaking it like there's no tomorrow.
And yet she's the only one in prison.
Colorado is a sleazy, devious state. The politicians and courts seem to be all scumbags.
Your grammar could use some work, Ivan.
Dewsh bag bIocked
Boohoo
THANKS FOR THE REMINDER I DID JUST THAT AND INSTANTLY FELT BETTER. THE GUY IS A TOOL.
Snowflake. Facts don't care about your feelings.
My grammar died in 1994. She was nice lady though.
The Tina Peters incarceration is meant to be a warning to anyone who defies the leftists.
It's a power play.
So were the J6 trials, and nobody has been held to account for that fiasco either, eh Blondi?.
This is BS.
You have to ask yourself, why hasn't he been more diligent on this.
Letting an older Patriot who was exposing Fraud to rot in prison.
Same thing with J6. He didn't say anything until the campaign trail.
This is the same warning, don't do anything to upset the UniParty, or you will be imprisoned and left to rot.
Trump has enough felony convictions without adding to them by aiding and abetting another felon.
NY law states you are not a convicted felon UNTIL a judge issues a sentence. NY law is also set up so that you cannot appeal a judicial action until a sentence is issued. That has not happened. Therefore, he is not a convicted Felon.
Sure, Jan.
He was found guilty by a jury. Just because he can't appeal until he's sentenced doesn't mean he wasn't found guilty. And your delusional rational that he's not a convicted felon is predicated on him being able to win an appeal. Which is, again, delusional. You live in a clown honk honk world.
I see you are new here, trans story telling hour closed?
My SN is new here.
Yawn. I bet you believe in his 5-D chess moves too. If he just gave Tina 1 % of what he bends over for Israel, she would be free already.
It’s been months, get ‘er done.
It's a wonder Tina didn't mysteriously die due to her "crime".
Tina's sentence of 9 years in prison is absurd and draconian by any measure. The message from our Masters : Question a fraud election at your peril and you will get the same.
Arrest the prison officials for ignoring the president’s pardon
If that's the case the U.S. Marshal's Service, and DOJ need to be kicking in some doors then… She's a political prisoner pure and simple. She needs freed yesterday…
Whoever authorizes that action would end up in federal prison eventually.
Considering it was a federal election the argument makes sense. Now try getting a partisan political hack rogue in robes to buy the legal argument
She broke state laws. She was convicted and sentenced at a state level consequently. Nothing trump can say or do will get her released. She would need a pardon by the states governor. And they've already said that ain't happening. The whole thing is moot. Joe Hoft is just whistling dixie to sell ads via clicks.
The last place to find justice is in a court house. It should not be called a justice system. It is a legal system and a rather poorly run one by political hacks aka kangaroo court judges
And "attorneys".
Nine years for a misdemeanor. Democrat lawfare.
Four of the convictions were felonies.
Send an overwhelming force to take her out of their prison.
Break the law for a lawbreaker? Genius. Why hasn't NASA called you up for service yet?
See my comment above.
Break the law? No, go to the right court and get whatever paperwork is required to make it legal., sort of the way a multitude of armed agents were sent to Mar-a-Lago.
Patrick M. Byrne, former CEO of Overstock dot com and who outed himself months ago as a former high-ranking SeeEyeEh agent, has said on his Telegram a few times in the past that by law, Trump can FEDERALIZE the prison housing Tina and get her released. That he can do it RIGHT NOW.
Trump can’t federalize state prisons.
Then maybe he can pardon all the political prisoners of America's Negrogasm like Chauvin and the McMichaels & Bryan.
Political prisoners
Good news!
Does the federal executive branch have a right to pardon someone convicted on a state level?
The US Constitution is silent on this matter.
However, an attempt by Trump to pardon Ms. Peters would make an interesting case even if it goes to the SCOTUS.
I know of three justices on the SCOTUS who would rule against Trump, but the question would be how many would rule in favor of Trump's pardon?
I hope the scum bags that put her in prison end up in prison including the judge that shouldn't be behind any bench he's a complete partisan hack along with that crook Jocelyn Benson
Why wasn't this known and action taken when Trump pardoned her?
Because this is a fantasy.
Blocked another Commie.
Colo. is a Corrupt blue state. Jena Griswold Abused Tina.
One has to take into account the era in which the power given to the President to pardon was put into the Constitution. The states were WAY more powerful than they are today. It would make sense then that the President was given absolute pardon power because, after all, there literally was no federal law yet until the Constitution became ratified.
And then, of course, you have the Supremacy Clause meaning that the Constitution and federal law trump (pun intended) state law. With this in mind, I don't see how one can look at it and say that the power to pardon excludes convictions and sentences for state criminal offenses.
FREE Tina Peters!!!!!!!!
I have nothing but hate & contempt for the legal system in this country anyway, but Tina Peters is a good reason to hate it & the shysters who infest it even more! Some old gal keeps notes or has evidence of the 'election' we ALL knew stank to the heavens, but like ALL tyrants, they need to set an 'example' to establish terror in the masses. It is NOT illegal to criticize an election. Publicly or privately. We are seeing this tyranny everywhere. Even denying the God-given right of self-defense! Colorado & states like it can't be allowed to treat US Citizens in the way they do. We are a sick country if Tina Peters would never be charged in OK or FL, but stomped for years in CO! Instead of addressing the unequal treatment, the shysters limit the remedies, because that's what Soros, Singham & Hoffman want!
Well then go start some anarchist cult in Guyana or Waco…
He needs to send in an extraction team
He's not going to go to federal prison for her.
Getter Done! The nation has entered the realm of absurdities – allowing states to negate Federal Power – no different then them saying they will not cooperate with Ice. Go into the State with a stand down order for the Governor & the prison or face federal arrest. Get Tina Peters out of that prison! IMO
Sorry for the typo. I fixed it.
Total lawfare/injustice. Don't delay any longer, release her.
I agree that Ms. Peters should have never been charged, nor imprisoned. That said, the amount of corruption that has taken place in Colorado, and other Demotard states, is beyond precedence. I'm somewhat ashamed to even admit that I grew up there, because it is nothing like my early years. Whether anyone in Colorado, including the perverted Governor, will listen to the explanation given in this post is doubtful. For not only should Ms. Peters be released, the judge in this case, the Governor, and especially the Secretary of State, all need to take her place in prison. It is doubted that that will ever happen either.
Each state is part of the United States. Nothing in the constitution stipulates
that a president's pardon powers are limited to federal crime. A president's
pardon powers extend throughout the UNITED STATES and everything within it.
Judges and constitutional scholars get so much wrong that it makes one wonder
why you need a law degree to practice law. Half the time judges are just making the
law up as they go along.
It's because the ABA commandeered the legal process, whereby if a person does not met its warped standards, then one cannot "officially" be recognized as someone competent to practice law; even though many who graduate from law school, and perhaps happen to pass the bar, are abject morons. Congress is full of them.
Like so many other issues, Tina Peterson was a hot item and Trump signed a pardon. Then the whole affair just sort of went off Federal radar. The Trump DOJ has to date refused to step in and get things done on her behalf. Thank you Barbie, you worthless sow.
It's Peters, not Peterson.
The Democrats will embrace this expansion of presidential pardon power interpretation when it’s their turn to pardon their minions. Until then, Tina Peters will be unjustly forced to rot in jail.
I hope she is released and those responsible for imprisoning her are locked up for life.
Eternity will be their " resting" place
like a woodstove except 10 million times hotter and never cools off
Yup. Would not wish that upon anyone.
The End is Near-er
Communist Colorado must be defeated and the Republic restored. At any cost.
This is a viable argument, if language is read in context of the Founder's time.
The Colorado problem is that Governor Polis is reluctant to free Tina Peters so to remain beholden to his far-left support, as he clearly has presidential aspirations (Fat chance, Jared).
Polis has published angst about the disparate treatment (Former state senator Jaquez-Lewis gets probation, no jail for identical criminal charges as Peters), signaling his effort to address the disparity and to move (Steathally) toward the center for future reference.
Polis would do well for his own benefit to opine that he cannot stand in the way of DJT's pardon, and blame Trump, saying he cannot stop it.
FREE TINA NOW !
Take it to scotus. Won't help her, needs doing.
Then Tina Peters should have been pardoned two years ago and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Then Tina Peters should have been pardoned two years ago and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Indict those responsible for her imprisonment.
They clearly refuse to follow federal laws
Anyone recall the gov of Minnesota and the state AG of Minnesota saying they can’t keep an illegal over the time served or they will face a lawsuit
By the inmate well doesn’t she have a lawsuit also based on the pardon and past precedent
It's VERY. President Trump should order federal law enforcement to go and arrest the lawyers, the judges, federal prison employers, even the upper judges who refused to abide by the Constitution. THEY gave a problem with THAT? Let them fight it out IN court. My God man. Where's the justice?
I'll bet if the 82nd Airborne show up, they'll pay attention to it.
THAT would be great TV!
When they joined the union that sealed the deal and the president can pardon people in states counties and territories
As it states the only times a president can’t pardon
Clearly stated
So if the congress wants to impeach they can that’s the only punishment she can receive now
She was clearly an office holder right
OK, take it to the Supremes.
Those blind rats? Once in a while they find a good nut.
It says "the United States", meaning all of them and individualy, NOT "the United States of America", meaning the country (federal only).
Liberals need a taste of their own medicine. The whole bottle.
HALLELUJAH!!!
There is always a tension between Federal government rights and State's rights and even individual rights.
On the Tina Peters' issue, there is a breakdown in multiple ways. The State Government and the State Court is acting in bad faith and spirit toward the individual's intent and action. The State would also be in conflict with protecting the federal rights of the individual in ensuring legitimate and protected elections within the nation. There is tremendous tension. The Colorado State government and courts are very Democrat biased and acting dangerously against its own citizens. This would be a big complicated showdown if the Federal government challenged the State of Colorado…..and Pam Bondi is a weak person in these types of situations.
SO DO SOMETHING!
the federal government should go after those in liberal colorado who arrested her for a crime they made up – release Tina and put those who arrested her in jail
Free Tina!
That's only for democrats.
Colorado government leaders are fascists!
She's got cancer.
Let her out NOW!
I fear the commies that run Colorado will epstein her.
Make it happen and fast
IMO
She is a Political prisoner because she was exposing election crimes
Everyone involved need to be charged with treason
When The Gallows come back, all this will stop
Tina needs to be removed from that hellhole by force if necessary.
Send in a Spec Ops team TODAY and take out ANYONE who gets in their way.
Lock and load.
Go get her out…
If anyone stops you, arrest them.
Trump needs to send in the US Marshalls to get her from prison and with force backed up by the FBI if necessary.
Forget Iran, the enemy is in Colorado
Kash?
Lets have Tina and Colorado's governor trade places!!
so arrest all who refused to honor the pardon
It is a form of insurrection on the part of the state to ignore the Constitution I would think.
When Polis releases TINA PETERS the case against her evaporates and the case against HIS ELECTION FRAUD will begin. He knows this perfectly well.. therefore his FOOTDRAGGING.
FREE TINA PETERS NOW!
Colorado fokkers. Hope the administration rot in hell.
Declare her a Federal witness in upcoming election fraud trials and take her into Federal Protective Custody at a proper facility.
I think the problem here is that Colorado rejects its status as one of the "United States." Maybe a message to the guards at the prison where Ms. Peters' release has been rejected, and to the Governor and other officials denying her release, clearly stating that this puts them in a state of rebellion against the United States of America and that they will be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced as such, including the death penalty as a likely outcome, will make them rethink their position. Just a suggestion!
The argument is compelling but it would almost certainly have to go to the SCt to force the States to comply. Tina Peters was trying to uphold Federal law requirements, it's the State that wouldn't follow the law.
Since President Trump pardoned Ms. Peters, and prison officials refuse to release her, he needs to assert his authority and determination. Send in the US Marshalls. Maybe with the FBI. And arrest and charge these officials for unconstitutional detainment.
Talk is cheap. Do something about it. Or stop talking about it.
Well then LET HER OUT! The scum bag legislator cheaters of Colorado should take her place.
Trump should dispatch US Marshals to free Tina based on his pardon.
Agree.
Jail these corrupt prison officials for the Nine years that she was wrongly sentenced to.
Okay, go get her out NOW!
Then free her. All if the grest Americans including j6 people snd her who fought hard for honest elections snd were unjustly and vigorously victimized by the democrats
Prison employees do not have power over the President, why is this allowed to continue?
If Trump really wants her out, all he has to do is send the US Marshals to get her. She’d be out in a nanosecond.
President Trump. Please move in on the Colorado prison with a marine regiment and tell them to let her go.
This Angel Mom Now Owns Colorado
New Name, State ofFAFO
ES and D MFs
So she will go home today?
Or does she have to wait another 6 months for it to get resolved?
Colorado will never let her out.
Polis may have her clintoned.
Truedat!
They'll Coloradocide her!
Piss Trump off and she will be escorted out of prison by Delta Force. And that would be a great video to watch.
If there are casualties I wouldn't be too terribly upset.
unless it's Tina.
Would love to see that!
Maybe they should send Delta force to arrest Polis for not complying.
LOL.
Why isn’t Trump pissed about this now?
If you can't see it, she will serve the full 9 years and then she will found to have been imprisoned illegally and…Oh Well…At that point she will win a law suit and nothing will happen to the real criminals that imprisoned her.
She will be dead before the 9 years is over!
She'll be dead by then. She'' be suicided.
She's in ill health, now. The demons want her to die in prison. Dead people can't testify.
The Assange treatment.
She didn't rape anyone is the difference.
Maybe she will get out like him, too.
I hope and pray that Tina sues and BANKRUPTS the whole slimy state of Colorado! Sue for BILLIONS and destroy the sons of bitches, all of them!
She should sue Kyle Clark while she is in prison. Watch his videos about her.
6 years.
Something extreme should be considered!
Yea! They will probably kill her!
"Probably" ???
THEY ARE DOING THEIR DAMNEDEST TO KILL HER NOW!!! SHE'S SICK, AND THEY ARE REFUSING HER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE, STILL TODAY!!! BUT, HEY, THE GAVE HER A 4"MATTRESS, VS THE 2" ONE, AND A MICROWAVE OVEN?!!? IN A SENSE, THEY HAVE GIVEN HER A LIFE SENTENCE!!! ;)
Trump should suspend Habeas, arrest Polis husband and negotiate a prisoner swap.
Arrest Griswold as well and anyone at the prison that doesn't cooporate.
and those who didn't cooperate when the attorneys showed up to free her.
Griswold is one of the slimiest. Polis is just downright icky.
j & J
I suspect there's a giant RICO going on in that state.
Like following the law for once
nah… it's just another of those "democrats would do it but republicans want to be nice" situations
Trump should send in the Marines!
She will serve out her sentence. Period.
If she does CO citizens better decide the color of chains they want to wear!
This is not only about Tina!
It is about our Constitution!
Obviously CO administration thinks they have more power than a POTUS!
Only reason she is even there is because they are still trying to show citizens of Colorado that the citizens should be seriously afraid of this administration!
They have the power to imprison every citizen who even thinks they can follow a law that this administrations refuses to follow!
AS LONG AS TINA IS IN PRISON THIS ADMINISTRATION PROVES THEY HAVE ULTIMATE POWER OVER CO CITIZENS!
Intimidation tactic. Cheap, old and effective. See what happens when you don't obey?
All blue administrations and judges think they have more power than POTUS.
Of course, when red challenges a blue POTUS, they freak out.
Ummm, who is Anthony Tye Rodrigues, and what makes him a Constitutional legal expert?
Free Tina Peters! Send federal marshals to seize her under a federal witness subpoena. Trump told Bondi to do what she must to accomplish this…she needs a fire lit under her rear.
Blondi is the wrong person to get this done, that's for damn sure.
This isn't going to fly and you know it, Joe. Various courts have ruled repeatedly that POTUS pardons have no effect on state prosecutions. You can construct all the historical context you like, but this isn't going to get her released from state charges. He has no power to set aside her conviction, no matter how bogus it was. He cannot overrule the purview of the governor of the state.
All this does is get people whipped up demanding that Trump do something he can't do, like send in federal marshals to release her. That isn't going to happen. If Trump had the power to really do that, he would have done so already.
Sorry for the reality, but its time to stop deceiving people. Trump has done what he can.
And while that prospect sounds enticing, the downside is that when a nutjob leftie president occupies the WH, they could theoretically pardon whichever criminals they wanted.
Dont the nutjobs do that now?
You’re right , unfortunately. He and his legal team have addressed her situation. Knowing him, he wouldn’t idle if he could do something.
I swear he does have the power and just doesn't use it.
The fat lady hasn't sung yet.
Gutless trolls have private profiles.
Trump should embargo Colorado. Cut them off from any federal money until Polis lets her go.
The clowns in Colorado have been put on notice that they will eventually answer to the Highest Court in the Universe. I rested my case just before Trump pardoned her, and my assessment still stands.
DUH…….we're the UNITED STATES of America and the President of the United States serves as President of ALL states.
The criminals who wrongfully charged and convicted Tina Peters should be charged and convicted of obstruction of justice because they did this to conceal their election crimes.
President Trump should cut off all possible Federal funding to Colorado until they drop all charges, apologize and pay Tina Peters one million dollars.
The president's power to pardon is absolute, extending to all offenses against the United States (in the plural). Think about it. Does the Supreme Court (a federal court) only have jurisdiction over federal laws or over all laws and courts within the United States? Why would the president's pardon jurisdiction be anything less than the Supreme Court's jurisdiction? Simple answer: it isn't.
Good point. Here's come's L B to cry about it.
Read the Constitution. Clear distinction between federal and state. Read the Bill of Rights. Clear distinction between rights of "the people" and "the states" against the federal government. The founders never intended to give the Executive or Legislative power over individual state governance and law.
But they gave it to the Judicial branch? That's a weak argument.
HOWEVER, the Founders would have more than likely have said Presidential Pardons affect only crimes against the Federal Government, and would not have said crimes against the United "States."
But they did not. Many of those founders lived through the periods when presidents exercised that power, and there was no major controversy or public outcry over the extension of presidential pardons to persons convicted of state crimes at those times. You're just defending a modern interpretation, no doubt under the same corrupt courts we deal with today. In fact, this was during a period when the courts began to figure out they could use their power to make and break laws, extend their power over the president's executive branch.
When did "United States" become singular?
Not until 1925. The singular interpretation defied 150 years of precedent, and was not in keeping with the original intent of the framers. This misinterpretation is something SCOTUS needs to fix.
Any examples of an Executive pardon for state crimes prior to 1925?
Good advice. Read the Constitution and the Federalist Papers. Study the original intent of the founders. You cite the Bill of Rights as your argument. So do those enumerated rights limit only the federal government or do they extend to the states as well? You know the answer. The founders were concerned about the violation of the people's rights by both state and federal governments. The Bill of Rights, The Supreme Court's jurisdiction, and the president's absolute power to pardon extended to federal offenses and offenses against the states (The United States). The original language used by the founders and their clear intent as evidenced in other jurisdictional matters bears this out.
The founders, at least most of them, believed firmly in States rights and feared an expanding and powerful federal government. This article goes back to "Kings Pardon" and this was exactly what the founders didn't want. They intentionally didn't give the Executive the power to pardon State crimes for this very reason, and they spelled it out crystal clear in the Constitution.
You can try to spin it however you like, the fact remains that SCOTUS has interpreted this correctly and set the precedent. This will not change.
Trump needs to figure out another way to get her released.
This "crystal clear" interpretation you're pushing didn't appear until 1925. Prior to that presidential pardons extended to state crimes.
If you are correct, can you give me an example of an Executive pardon effectively used on a state crime prior to 1925?
Wrong.
Yes, you are.
Well, she's still in prison so….
If you are correct then why didn't Trump send in the feds to release her?
TOLREF will be on the payroll in 5, 4, 3,…
That is a very sensible analogy.
Because the lawyers were stupid?
No they don't. Otherwise, Derek Chauvin wouldn't be in prison. Stop pushing horse poo,
Colorado is digging a hole for themselves, they are moving into the corrupted state column.
TThey jumped into that hole long ago
Tina wasn't charged with violating actual law.
She was convicted of violating Jena Griswold's made up COVID laws.
It would be more convincing if an example were presented of United States referring to both entities somewhere else in the document
"Offenses against the United States"…. "States"- offenses against the STATES included.
The "United States" and the "states" are two different legal entities in our constitution.
Again, down to interpretation, which is going to require SCOTUS ruling. In this context, does United States mean each and every individual state? Or does United States mean the Federal Government?
Its simple, arrest the one's who refuse to acknowledge the POTUS order of release. They are the criminals, not Tina Peters. Imagine sitting in that cell falsely, knowing you've been pardoned, and yet, you still sit there because of the one's who fail to recognize the POTUS orders.
It's really not that simple.
It is, but there's people who won't allow simple.
It's not. Only simple people would think it is.
It is, but there's peole who cant recognize simple.
Only simple people that act on emotion and not reality. To do what you want, you need SCOTUS to rule that Presidential pardon power extends beyond federal convictions. Then, and only then, can the idea of arresting people be entertained, and only if they refuse to release her after the ruling.
Per precedent already set by SCOTUS, no one in CO is breaking any law by not acknowledging Tina's pardon.
I hope I spelled it out simply enough for you.
YAWN
See, your simple mind couldn't handle it.
Not my fault you cant keep up.
The DOJ has been quietly investigating Arizona election corruption, like Georgia, and if they can get to Colorado they'll find a treasure trove of corruption that will bring down the evil government of the limp wristed Gov Polis.
Go to Co. and get her out. Bring the army if you have to.
OK…is the following partly emotionally driven…yes. Is it time to get federal troops to remove Gold Star Mom Tina from state incarceration and bring her outside Colorado? Might it also be time to get federal troops to arrest "Judge" Matt Barrett and Jenna Grisword the Colorado POS (sorry, SOS…hate when that happens)? Is this practical, perhaps not, but I certainly would respect the decision to do so.
We know this. We have always known this. SO the bigger question is, are Trumps advisors that incompetent, or are they providing Idiocracy on purpose?
Then let her the F go free!
Send in Federal Marshalls and Special Forces and get her out.
The pardon Tina Peters and Derek Chauvin. He was sacrificed on the altar of racial hatred.
WTH ! Get her OUT ! She already has been attacked by an inmate trying to get street credit for toughness.
Use the National Guard if necessary.
It doesn't make any difference as they just laugh at President Trump and ignores him even the state prison guards laughed and mocked him. Unfortunately he does not have an AG that is honest and believes in the Constitution so most of the things he has done while in office will be destroyed within a week of him leaving office. He will then see that he was a fool to trust Bondi and Patel.
Joe Hoft is a maroon along with any of you who buy this malarkey.
Would you be surprised to learn a lot of Russian trolls post on here?
Not at all
You sure didn't until this article. Vested interest?
we don't need to buy any malarkey.
those of us who know how to read can make up our own minds without some kneejerk declaration.
Sure, horseface
The People in Colorado and from Biden's Regime responsible for this illegal persecution MUST BE PUNISHED.
Seems like being a MAGA Trump ally nets you zero perks (and costs you), while simply being a Deep State Trump 'ally' shields you from anything and everything. Trump really needs to reprioritize before the base fractures irreconcilably.
yeah, we're doomed
Allowing States to manipulate and corrupt the process of electing Federal positions must be stopped. And that includes the ridiculously corrupt process of removing political opponents by Gerrymandering them out of office.
Obama padons……
(They were released) in return for people that violated Iran sanctions, Iranians that were in prison here for violating those sanctions," said Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush in New Hampshire on Saturday. "Every time we show weakness it is a victory for Iran."
The White House said it had offered clemency to seven Iranians, six of whom were dual U.S.-Iranian citizens. In addition, the U.S. State Department said it had withdrawn international arrest notices for 14 Iranians wanted on sanctions violations. The administration did not immediately provide further details.
Joel Androphy, a lawyer for Bahram Mechanic, said his client and two others, Tooraj Faridi and Khosrow Afghahi, had been granted pardons by Obama. They were accused in 2015 of shipping electronics to Iran. Mechanic and Afghahi were being held without bail in Houston, while Faridi was out on bail. All three are Iranian-American dual citizens and had pleaded not guilty.
Authorities were also working to obtain early release for Ali Saboonchi, convicted of export violations in 2014, according to people familiar with the matter. Between 2009 and 2013, Saboonchi and several associates tried to export industrial parts to customers in Iran, according to an indictment filed in 2013. He was sentenced to two years in prison and was due to be released in November 2016.
….By Joel Schectman and Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As part of a prisoner exchange with Iran, the White House said on Saturday it had offered clemency to seven Iranians who were convicted or facing trial in the United States. In addition, the Obama administration said it had removed Interpol detention requests and charges against 14 Iranians overseas. Through interviews with attorneys and a review of court records, Reuters has identified seven cases in which the United States offered clemency for Iranians serving sentences or awaiting trial in the United States. The U.S. Justice Department on Sunday evening confirmed the identities of the seven individuals receiving pardons or commutations. Reuters has also found four cases in which the U.S. Justice Department moved to drop charges against overseas Iranians. Prosecutors moved to have those cases dismissed early on Saturday, before the release of the Americans jailed in Iran was announced. Here are details on the 11 Iranians identified by Reuters as part of the prisoner deal. Iranians granted clemency in the United States: * President Barack Obama pardoned Bahram Mechanic, Khosrow Afghahi and Tooraj Faridi, a lawyer for one of the men said. The men were charged in 2015 with shipping electronics to Iran. Mechanic and Afghahi were both being held in a Houston jail awaiting trial. Faridi, an employee at Mechanic's electronics company, had been out on bail. * Obama commuted the sentence of Ali Saboonchi, a U.S. citizen and resident of Maryland, who was convicted of export violations in 2014, his attorney said. He was serving a two-year sentence in Virginia and was due to be released in November 2016. Between 2009 and 2013, Saboonchi and several associates tried to export industrial parts to customers in Iran, according to an indictment filed in 2013. Saboonchi was released in the early hours of Sunday, as part of the prisoner exchange announced on the weekend. * Obama also commuted the eight-year sentence of Nader Modanlo, an Iranian-American convicted in 2013 of helping Iran launch its first satellite in exchange for a $10 million payment. Modanlo walked out of a Virginia federal prison in the early hours of Sunday, according to his attorney. * Obama commuted the 78-month sentence of Arash Ghahreman, who was released this weekend, his lawyer said. Ghahreman, an Iranian-American in his mid-40s, was serving a 78-month sentence after being convicted in 2015 of trying to export U.S. built marine navigation to Iran. * Nima Golestaneh, an Iranian, who pleaded guilty to allegations that he helped in cyber attacks against a Vermont-based defense contractor, was also freed, according to the Swiss Foreign Ministry that helped broker the deal. He was in an upstate New York jail awaiting sentencing earlier this week, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the case. Fugitives outside the United States against whom charges were dropped: * U.S. prosecutors have filed a motion to drop charges against Matin Sadeghi, who is out of the country. Sadeghi had been charged in the sanctions violation case against Mechanic and the two other men.
* Prosecutors asked to drop charges against Seyed Abolfazl Shahab Jamili, accused in 2014 of helping to ship thousands of Chinese-manufactured parts "with nuclear applications" to Iran. Jamili was also accused of exporting to Iran U.S.-built pressure transducers, used in nuclear centrifuges. In a filing on Saturday, prosecutors asked to dismiss charges against Jamili, based on "significant foreign policy interests." *
Prosecutors asked to drop charges against Alireza Moazami Goudarzi, who was charged in 2012 with trying to purchase aircraft parts from a U.S. supplier for shipment to Iran. He was arrested in Malaysia in 2012 in connection with the case, and the United States was seeking his extradition, according to the Justice Department. * Prosecutors also moved to drop charges on Saturday against Koorush Taherkhani, who lives in Iran. Taherkhani was accused in 2014 of using a Dubai front company to buy U.S.-made marine navigation equipment for use in Iran, in violation of sanctions.
That's a few of Obama pardons though he did get a few hostages released here and there.
F R E E
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Why would the Founding Fathers have limited the President's pardon powers to not include state crimes?
And, given they were basing the powers on the pardon power of the King, which included the ability to pardon colonial crimes, if they didn't want it to include state laws, they would have specified that. By not being clear, that tells me they didn't think anybody would ever think it didn't include state crimes.
Trump has had someone in his ear, probably Suzie Wiles, telling him to stay out of it.
it's long past time to BREAK HER OUT
send a few dozen hard a___ M fo's well trained for this type of thing
And shoot them on sight.
Send in the Federal Marshalls. Then relocate her out of that communist paradise.
This requires the recognition that these uSA are in a compact of sovereign States; the very thing that A. Lincoln and the Republicans fought against back when and revolutionized into the unitary-consolidated "nation".
Arrest Griswold and other CO officials. Free Tina Peters.
Okay, if the little blue state wants to play tough and illegally hold Peters – send in the U.S. Marines to get her out of that cesspool.
Or President Trump could send in Federal Marshals and free Tina from her clear politically motivated incarceration since her Constitutional and Human Rights have been violated. All Americans are guaranteed a fair trial. Tina got an unfair, politically motivated trail as did President Trump when they convicted him in the same kind of Stalinist courtroom. Stalinist Courtrooms carry no weight of law in America. The American People understand this which is why we reelected President Trump in a landslide. Free Tina!!!
And open his administration to all kinds of legal trouble. He's not going to prison for some whackadoodle lady who knowingly broke the law and exposed zilch in the way of voter fraud.
Well sent the US Marshal service to free Tina ASAP !
Send some US Marshalls, pardon in hand and let’s see what happens.
Arrest the he Governor. Put him in jail for false arrest and imprisonment.
Time to call out the national guard and the Federal Marshals. Begin by arresting the prison Guards and prison administrators and forceably release Tina Peters. She was imprisoned for obeying the law and not allowing vote records to be destroyed. Deleted. She had computer experts back up the records onto a hard drive in order to preserve them as Federal law requires. The Vote fraudsters wanted those Dominion machines scrubbed. The evidence of their crimes destroyed.
Plug in your rascal, make sure that oxygen tank is filled and lead the assault, Cletus. Pro Tip: Make sure you have a forwarding address for your disability check on file.
Oh look everybody. It's another chicken shit troll
No, I am angry, ashamed of the scum running Colorado. They locked up a good an innocent woman who was just trying to follow the law. They railroaded her in order to hide their criminality.
You let her go.
Again action not words. If the white house believes this to be true then go find bondi and get platoon of US Marshall's and get her out of prison and do it now and arrest any of the prison officials that get your way or STFU!
Not gonna happen. Not even trump is that dumb and delusional.
The communist democrats of Colorado will never let Tina out alive.
Colorado, most of america is getting really tired of your games.
Democrats are often investigated but never prosecuted.
Put that gay governor in jail for keeping her in prison.
The problem is that the Constitution also refers to "The States respectively". So it does differentiate between the individuals States and the States as a union. You would need to look at the founding intent, and read the writings of the founders if any exist on the subject of pardon power.
What is known however is that Colorado prosecutors intentionally brought state charges because they knew Trump might get back in and pardon Tina Peters. They purposely brought bogus charges specifically to keep her in prison in spite of a pardon. That alone is enough to get her sentence overturned by a higher court.
The Colorado prosecutors can only charge state crimes. They have no authority to charge federal crimes.
They are holding her on state crimes. She was pardoned of any federal crimes. And the Feds played a major role in her prosecution.
She was never charged with a federal crime.
Erm all States are included in the United States.
The US Constitution does not limit pardons and reprieves to federal offenses or offenses against the Federal government.
Trump should arrest all the people that detained Tina Peters, and then they can wait till the next Democrat president (which will be never) pardons them. They are all traitors for detaining her, we should have military tribunals to those traitors, sometimes you have to ignore laws when you know they are violating someone's Constitutional rights, or if prosecutors and judges decide to make life hell like they did to Trump, these people need to be prosecuted too. We live in evil uncertain times, when our guys are in power lets hurt the other side bad and make sure they don't make it back in office, because these sick, evil democrats are going to go scorched earth on us, so we need to take them out so they don't get that chance. Let's bring back the fu&3dn guillotines
The law suit is going to be HUGE!!!
For what? She got a trial and was convicted.
See that Tina, you coulda been out this whole time…alright well….see ya later..
The DOJ has initiated a criminal investigation against Colorado SoS Jenna Griswold for violations of federal election law. Tina Peters preserved the election data that would prove fraud was committed. She was railroaded into prison to keep the proof from being exposed.
To get her out, the DOJ designates her as a material witness, in this case, then petitions the federal court to release her to witness protection. They should be prepared to go all the way to SCOTUS to secure justice for Peters.
That demonic Judge that sent Tina to prison needs to be disbarred
Time for a jailbreak with some special forces and a M1A1 tank .
The obama third term White House perpetuated the illegal unconstitutional practice of using the federal bench to rid themselves of opposition.
Yep!
What happens to the people who have falsely imprisoned her for all this time?
No way they should be allowed to escape this without serious repercussions.
Our country is capable of rescuing her and arresting them.
You would think it would have been done almost a year ago.
It is a reasonable case & I agree, but it would have more force if there was a precedent of a president pardoning for a state crime.
Couldn't it go: The President pardoned her and we're here to get her. Now!
Sadly this is not true. Every instance of "United States" in the Constitution refers to the Union, or central government. When referring to the individual states in plural it says "the several States," every single time. Tina Peters is still wrongly imprisoned, and the real criminals need to be put there instead.
Colorado disgrace.
Free Tina now!
To honor a woman with integrity rename Denver, with its new name to be Peters.
Peters, CO.
Thank you Tina Peters for trying!
Trump should push the issue to SCOTUS, like he’s done with everything else.
Before Israel had a KIng, Justice was administered by Judges who acted in Gods behalf. When Israel requested a King, the King assumed the power formerly held by the Judges. The King was selected by God through Gods prophets. God is not limited in his authority to forgive sins so neither is the KIng. When Christ on the Cross forgave the thief on the cross, he was forgiven of all his sins since Christ stated that he would go to Paradise.
SC MIA!