Exclusive: Bennet pushes back on Polis, urges governor not to 'capitulate' to Trump on Peters sentence [View all]

Source: The Hill

03/04/26 3:17 PM ET


Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is urging Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) not to “capitulate” to President Trump and commute the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machines.

Bennet urged Polis Wednesday not to give in to the intense pressure from Trump, who has withheld federal transportation funding and threatened to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, in what Democrats say has been an attempt to compel Colorado officials to release Peters from state prison.

“Tina Peters knowingly broke the law, undermined our elections and was rightfully convicted by a jury of her peers. Tina Peters’s sentence should not be commuted. She should not be pardoned,” Bennet told The Hill in an interview. “Donald Trump is seeking revenge on Colorado and surrendering to his political pressure will not make our state safer or stronger,” he said. “We should not capitulate to Donald Trump’s lawlessness,” he declared.

Bennet is running for governor and faces state Attorney General Phil Weiser in the primary.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5767589-bennet-urges-polis-trump-pressure/