Former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters followed Donald Trump’s election-denying rhetoric all the way to prison. Now Trump is back in the White House — but he can’t get her out of the big house. In October, Peters was sentenced to nine years behind bars for helping an unauthorized person make copies of sensitive county voting documents as part of an election tampering scheme inspired by repeatedly discredited claims that Trump, rather than Joe Biden, won the 2020 election. She was convicted of seven counts, including attempting to influence a public servant, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation and official misconduct. On his first day back in office last month, Trump pardoned many of the people who broke the law to try to keep him in power, granting clemency to everyone charged in the January 6, 2021 insurrection. However, presidents can only grant pardons for federal offenses. Peters was convicted on state charges, meaning only Colorado Governor Jared Polis can pardon her. A T...