FACT CHECK: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) relied on false and misleading claims to justify his decision to release election denier Tina Peters from prison. (1) Polis repeatedly said the charges and case have "nothing to do" with the 2020 election. That's highly misleading. He's right that Peters wasn't charged with trying to subvert that election while it was happening. But trial testimony established that her crimes in 2021 were motivated by Trump's 2020 fraud claims, and that she conspired with Lindell-linked election deniers in hopes of proving that the 2020 results were invalid. (2) Polis repeatedly said Peters "certified Biden won." This is false, because Biden did not win her county. Trump won Mesa County (63% to 35%) and that is what Peters certified. She has never publicly acknowledged that Biden won in 2020. (Polis office clarified to me that Peters certified the "votes for Biden" in Mesa County.) (3) Polis claimed "nothing was compromised" with Mesa County's elections. This is wrong. It's true that Peters didn't compromise vote tallies. But Colorado's top election official concluded that Peters' antics "compromised" the election equipment. So the systems were decommissioned and Mesa spent $1m in taxpayer funds to replace everything. The DA who charged Peters told me she "100% compromised the equipment." cnn.com/2026/05/18/politics/…