By Jessica Porter | Denver7
The Vice President made the comments when asked about a new $1.8 billion fund for political allies.
DENVER — Vice President JD Vance held Tina Peters up as a shining example of someone who should be compensated under the Trump administration’s newly created $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
“This innocent grandmother was going to spend 10 years in prison, completely disproportionate to any misdemeanor trespassing that I have ever seen. Was that fair, no? Is it reasonable to get some compensation for the fact that she was treated unfairly? I think the answer was yes,” Vance said during a press conference on Tuesday.
Tina Peters was convicted in 2024 of allowing an unauthorized person to download software from Mesa County’s election management server’s hard drive. Confidential images of the voting system’s equipment and passwords were published online.
On Friday, Gov. Jared Polis commuted her nine-year sentence by cutting it in half and granting her parole on June 1.
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