By Wayne Allyn Root

First, let’s all celebrate. Tina Peters is free. She walked out of prison in Colorado on Monday morning. Remember my credo- “The glass is always half full.” Let’s think positive- always appreciate and celebrate when something good happens.

Tina is finally free. So, it’s a good day!

But also, let’s not be naïve. Let’s all understand who took away her freedom in the first place.

Jared Polis, the ultra-left, gay, Democrat Governor of Colorado is no hero- far from it. He’s just another lousy liberal loser, who is now desperately trying to cover up his role in this terrible case of Soviet-style injustice, and desperately trying to re-write history to cover his own ass. #TRUTH.

Governor Polis is doing “victory lap” interviews- portraying himself as a humanitarian who came to the rescue of Tina Peters. He’s positioning himself for a supposed 2028 presidential run. He’s trying to come off as the compassionate “good guy” who rose above partisan differences, to free a 71-year- old Gold Star mom- who he positions as “a crackpot conspiracy theorist.”

Let’s examine the truth.

Governors are responsible for, and oversee state cases within that Governor’s state borders. That’s why Governors have the authority to pardon STATE CHARGES, which was exactly the type of (bogus) charge leveled against Tina Peters.

When Judge Matthew Barrett denied motion after motion for Tina Peters to show her evidence during the trial, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

When Tina Peters took the proof of the 29,000 deleted ballots directly to the County commissioners, who refused to even look at it, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

When Tina Peters was beaten by young female gang members at the La Vista, Colorado prison, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

When Tina Peters had eight requests denied to move to “the safe wing” of the prison reserved for non-gang, non-violent inmates who posed no threat, she was denied all 8 times, despite having no disciplinary issues, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

When 71-year-old Tina Peters was accused of assaulting a 29-year-old inmate, when the evidence showed it was Tina Peters defending herself from a violent attacker, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

When Tina Peters bail was denied, and she was sentenced to nine long years in prison as a Gold Star mom, 70-years old, without even a traffic ticket in her entire life, and convicted of a NON-VIOLENT CRIME- not to mention elected by the people of Mesa County, Colorado to represent them as they’re trusted County Clerk, and was convicted for doing her job, WHERE WAS “COMPASSIONATE AND FAIR” GOVERNOR JARED POLIS?

Now we see the Colorado Governor taking victory laps like a “compassionate humanitarian” who cares about Tina Peters. Well, that’s what he wants us to believe, since he cut her sentence from 9 years to 4.5 years.

But this was nothing more than political theater.

Governor Polis could have pardoned Tina Peters with one stroke of the pen at any time during this made-for-TV-movie nightmare Democrat witch hunt. But the governor did not.

The governor also had the legal option to commute Tina Peters sentence as “time served.” But once again, he did not do that either.

Instead, he kept her charges intact and turned it over to the parole department, leaving the door open for Tina’s parole officer- at any time in the future- to accuse her of sneezing at the wrong time, and then putting her right back in jail- where they really want her, so she can’t expose the 2020 Colorado election fraud.

The Colorado governor took the position with the least risk and courage necessary. He took the most half-hearted measures possible. He merely cut her sentence down, after sitting on his hands watching Tina get raked over the coals in court, and tortured in prison, for two years.

Don’t be fooled, Governor Polis did not do any of this out of the goodness of his heart. President Trump had already pulled Space Force Command out of Colorado- costing 14,000 jobs and big revenues lost by the state of Colorado.

Then Donald Trump pulled all the federal money possible away from Colorado, except the money required to be given to them by law. This combination of actions by President Trump was starting to squeeze the Colorado economy in noticeable ways, including the deterioration of roads and bridges, and social programs.

Then it became public knowledge that one of Governor Polis’ long-time close friends had a very similar charge as Tina Peters, and the Governor’s friend received probation- never serving a day in prison.

Then the Colorado governor was made aware that a defendant that was arrested with 26 pounds of fentanyl also received PROBATION- from DA Dan Rubenstein- the same prosecutor that demanded nine years for Tina Peters for the crime of exposing election fraud and corruption (ie doing her job).

The final straw for Governor Polis may very well have come when I wrote a commentary at the high profile TheGatewayPundit.com (the 5th most read conservative news site in America)- urging President Trump to send the military, or Special Forces, or Marshals SWAT teams to the Colorado prison to remove Tina Peters. Within days of my TV commentary and my GatewayPundit commentary, the Governor suddenly granted Tina her freedom.

CNN and Yahoo articles quoted my column advising President Trump to send in special forces to get Tina Peters, confirmed it was posted at Tina Peters’ web site, and that Governor Polis had read my column before making his decision.

It was only at this point , and after Tina’s plight was finally capturing public attention, that the governor even lifted a finger for the injustice waged against Tina Peters.

Governor Jared Polis is no hero. The actions he’s taken, which are perceived as “helping Tina Peters,” are nothing more than a smoke screen.

The governor only took these actions because his reputation was starting to falter, the truth was coming out, Colorado’s economy was in decline, constituents were asking questions, and he was nervous what President Trump might do next.

Governor Polis’ PR hacks portraying him as “coming to the compassionate rescue of Tina” has no relation to the truth.

It is rumored Governor Polis wants to run for president in 2028. His actions had nothing to do with saving Tina Peters. He was saving himself, and saving his reputation, and saving the Colorado economy, and preserving his presidential ambitions.

Instead of taking a victory lap Governor, I recommend a much shorter walk up to the mirror, where you should ask yourself face-to-face, “How could I have ever allowed a non-violent, 70-year-old Gold Star mom, with no prior record (not even parking tickets), to be sent to prison for nine years, alongside gangbangers and violent felons, for asking questions about voting irregularities, while fentanyl dealers get probation?”

Just be careful Governor, the mirror may shatter.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV shows on Real Americas Voice TV- “America Speaks” weeknights at 10 PM ET/7 PM PT and “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Saturdays at Noon ET/9 AM PT, and his 2-hour daily video podcast “WAR Zone Live presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Illegal Immigrants Have Made America Great.” It’s 100+ blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!

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Moscow’s vow of open season on Kiev strikes is being kept.

While there’s of course no novelty in the fact that Ukrainian capital of Kiev has been the target of a Russian massive combined drone-missile attack, at this point the attacks are different.

We have reported here on TGP how the Ukrainian forces struck a college dorm in Luhansk oblast and killed 21 young students.

Ever since then, the strikes have a more punitive aspect, rather than simple strategic objectives.

RESIDENTS OF KIEV IN THE SUBWAY PREPARE FOR THE COMING NIGHT

There are currently about 30 Russian UAVs in the airspace of Ukraine, — monitoring services report.

Preparations are underway for a possible launch of the “Oreshnik,” — Ukrainian Telegram channels write.… pic.twitter.com/aYAwGWV2sq

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) June 1, 2026

MOMENT bystander pans and catches POWERFUL BLAST that shakes Kiev pic.twitter.com/Mfu7qrwMYa

— RT (@RT_com) June 2, 2026

Reuters reported:

“Russian air attacks on ​major Ukrainian cities such as Kyiv, Dnipro and Kharkiv killed at least nine and wounded more than 60 ‌early on Tuesday, authorities said, following days of warnings that Moscow was planning a major assault.”

The strikes targeted Ukraine’s power supply and military infrastructure.

“At least four were ​killed and 51 injured, including children, across the capital of Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

A suspected missile strike on a 24-storey apartment ​building triggered a collapse, leaving people probably trapped under the rubble, Klitschko said.”

Multiple ballistic strikes on Kiev. https://t.co/oMzWn6bB5F pic.twitter.com/gf2nv9NZb7

— Spetsnaℤ 007 (@Alex_Oloyede2) June 2, 2026

MASSIVE BRIGHT FLASHES erupt across KIEV during NONSTOP EXPLOSIONShttps://t.co/YhRtAIXu9q pic.twitter.com/hkCEAjvB0o

— RT (@RT_com) June 1, 2026

MASSIVE BLAST causes BLACKOUT in Kiev https://t.co/bMWzjK1Gyu pic.twitter.com/rBStvjVpDC

— RT (@RT_com) June 1, 2026

BBC reported:

“Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said two high-rise apartment buildings had been hit in the city and there are fears people are trapped under rubble.

Moscow last week warned it would launch ‘systematic strikes’ on Ukraine in response to a drone attack last month on a dormitory in Ukraine’s Russian-held Luhansk region which killed 21 people.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has urged people to stay in shelters. The head of Kyiv’s City Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said: ‘The enemy is striking with ballistic missiles’.”

MASSIVE FIRES in Kiev after BLASTS hit pic.twitter.com/akU8qZWGbz

— RT (@RT_com) June 2, 2026

The building of Ukroboronprom is on fire in Kiev. Ukroboronprom is Ukraine’s state-owned defence industry holding, established in 2010, grouping together more than one hundred enterprises that produce tanks, armoured vehicles, missiles, ammunition, and aviation components. It is… pic.twitter.com/h5nCusFEpP

— Zlatti71 (@Zlatti_71) June 2, 2026

Thick black smoke is rising over Kyiv’s skyline, pouring up from the spots where Russian missiles came down across the capital.

After a night of drones, intercepts, and wave after wave of missiles, this is the morning after written across the sky.

Whole neighborhoods… https://t.co/9KFqi9939M pic.twitter.com/5pDdVD9hOj

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 2, 2026

Kiev was subjected to an estimated 50 missiles of various types, as well as about 100 drones. As the day dawned, the missile strikes were still ongoing.

Read more:

BREAKING: Pentagon Halts Some Weapons Shipments to Ukraine After It’s Revealed Joe Biden Depleted US Munitions Stockpiles

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When the members of a neighboring community reached the site of the massacre, they found dead bodies: men and women shot with AK-47s, hacked with machetes, lying in pools of blood on the dusty ground in front of their homes. Miraculously, one baby survived, strapped to the back of his mother’s corpse. His haunting cries, the sound of ultimate sadness, are something that, once heard, can never be forgotten.

Not three feet away lay a father holding his baby in their final embrace before death. The baby’s eyes were wide open but lifeless as his blood mixed with his father’s in a grotesque puddle, a testament to the inherent hate and violence of The Religion of Peace.

“Fulani Muslim terrorists are slaughtering Christians in Nigeria. This genocide is far worse than the world knows. Entire communities are being wiped out in silence.” Wrote Didier Neza who posted the video on Instagram.

Although this attack happened five years ago, the video has been circulating a great deal recently, serving as a reminder that things have gotten worse, not better, with more and more Christians, including children, killed and abducted each year.

Miraculously, this is not the only incident in which a baby was the sole survivor. In a separate incident, a church community adopted a one-month-old baby girl found on New Year’s Day 2026 after her village was wiped out by Fulani Islamists.

In a video posted by Truth Nigeria journalist Masara Kim, a woman holds the beautiful little girl as the pastor describes the horror of how she became an orphan. Christians arrived in the village after the attack had ended. “When it was daybreak, they went into the house and they found the mother dead, protecting this child. The father was dead.” But they found the child alive.

“That day, we buried nine people, including her mother and father, in the mass grave.” The pastor went on to draw a Christian lesson from the death and destruction. “We have the Holy Spirit working in the entire community that allowed us to adopt a child, because this child will remain.” He said that the Fulani will always hate the fact that the baby survived. “But we have forgiven the Fulani terrorists that have come to Plateau State to kill us.”

Forgiveness does not mean condoning their actions, nor does it mean that Christians should not fight to protect their families. It means ridding one’s heart of hatred, praying for one’s enemies that they will find Christ, change their hearts, and stop killing. Forgiveness also does not mean being naïve. The pastor said that many communities have been displaced by Fulani attacks and that more attacks are coming.

“They have rushed down to Plateau State. They are right behind us. Some have places even within the town here. The terrorists are all over. They have relocated to the Middle Belt, and we see the tactical approach.” Like most Christians in Nigeria, he supports President Trump’s intervention. “The government doesn’t want America to bring her soldiers to Plateau State.”

He warned his community that the Fulani were gathering and that more attacks were coming. “Some of them have located themselves, looking for the time that they will strike. They will raid…”

The comments posted on the video were very telling of where Christians in Nigeria are now, both mentally and spiritually, after witnessing so many innocents killed and abducted. From my interviews with pastors in the region, it seemed that most believed Christians were meant to be pacifists. But now many are ready to fight.

One man commented, “God will not just come in person and fight this battle for us. As Christians, we have to unite together and fight back, then pray to God for victory. This is my humble submission.”

A woman responded, “David in the Bible fought battles and got victory. As Christians, we have to fight.” Another woman wrote, “Lord, show up for my brothers and sisters in Christ. This nonsense must stop.” The next two comments were blessings for the baby: “I know the plans that You have for her are of so much good, Father God,” and, “May the hand of God rest mightily upon this child until she fulfills her purpose.” With these words, Nigerian Christians show that they have not lost their faith in God despite the horrific circumstances in which they find themselves.

In the last two weeks, there have been numerous large-scale attacks across Nigeria. On May 15, Boko Haram terrorists stormed Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira/Uba LGA of Borno State, kidnapping 42 students and pupils. The same day, gunmen struck Oriire LGA in Oyo State, invading Baptist Nursery and Primary School (Yawota), Community Grammar School (Esiele), and L.A. Primary School.

The attackers abducted 46 children and teachers, including toddlers. The attack involved the beheading of a teacher and the use of explosives. In a separate incident, seven captives were beheaded after attempting to escape. As of May 27, 88 children from the May 15 abductions remained in captivity.

On May 21, attackers struck the Kurmin Bongo outstation of Sts. Peter and Paul Kurmin Parish in Kagarko LGA, Kaduna State, during heavy rainfall between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. Five people were killed and 10 abducted. Vigilantes rescued two of the captives. The Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna condemned the attack, describing it as part of a series of assaults on Christian communities in the area.

The latest attack followed earlier raids. On March 2, attackers struck the Kasaru-B outstation, killing one person, wounding another, and abducting eight people, including a local preacher. Although the captives were later released, two were killed while in captivity. On May 1, attackers targeted Sabon Gari, wounding two people and abducting 10 others. One of the captives was later killed.

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On Friday night, May 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued a brief order deferring ruling on the Department of Justice’s motion to dismiss with prejudice the underlying indictments against eight remaining Oath Keepers defendants whose sentences were commuted rather than pardoned.

The DOJ had filed the motion on May 22 following the D.C. Court of Appeals’ vacatur of the Oath Keepers’ convictions and remand to Mehta for consideration of the anticipated motion to dismiss.

While the DC Court of Appeals promptly granted the DOJ motion to vacate the convictions and remand, Judge Mehta (an Obama appointee) is asserting that the government’s motion to dismiss is “insufficiently detailed” and lacking a sufficient “statement of reasons and underlying factual basis,” ordering the DOJ to provide him more information by June 5 on why dismissal with prejudice serves the public interest.

This move stands in stark tension with established precedent affirming broad prosecutorial discretion. Under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 48(a), the government may dismiss an indictment “with leave of court,” but courts’ role is narrowly cabined.

In Rinaldi v. United States (1977), the Supreme Court held that a district court abuses its discretion by denying such a motion absent a showing that the dismissal is tainted by prosecutorial harassment or bad faith aimed at the defendant.

The principal object of the “leave of court” requirement is to protect defendants from repeated charging and dismissal, not to second-guess executive charging decisions.

In short, Rinaldi’s bad-faith exception is a narrow shield for defendants, not a broad sword for judges to veto executive charging policy. Courts applying it post-Rinaldi have rarely sustained denials without strong evidence of defendant-targeted misconduct in the dismissal request itself.

DOJ filings in these cases (and in the remaining Proud Boy cases) have cited controlling authority that the executive branch holds complete discretion to end a prosecution.

When a motion to dismiss with prejudice is uncontested by defendants (who thereby face no jeopardy of re-prosecution), the judge’s role is minimal—to safeguard defendants’ rights, which are not threatened here.

By demanding a deeper factual justification and public-interest analysis, Judge Mehta appears to be stepping into the role of prosecutor, weighing policy and evidence in a manner reserved for the Executive.

The DOJ is clearly seeking dismissal with prejudice precisely because the Trump Administration wants to end the partisan lawfare against Trump supporters and J6 political prisoners, who President Trump correctly referred to as “hostages.”

The goal is to prevent even the possibility of a future Democrat President and Attorney General re-trying these men on these same charges, and to remove the taint of an indictment.

That is why the Trump Administration DOJ moved the DC Court of Appeals to vacate the convictions (also done with the remaining commuted Proud Boys) and to remand the cases back to the trial courts for dismissal with prejudice.

This is precisely what was done in the wake of those pardoned J6ers who had active appeals pending when they were pardoned – their convictions were vacated and their indictments were dismissed with prejudice.

And that is what Judge Mehta likely finds offensive – he apparently wants these men to be vulnerable to possibly being re-tried on the same Biden regime indictments once the Democrats take power again, and he wants the taint of indictments to continue.

In sharp contrast, the DC Court of Appeals did not demand further information or a “statement of reasons and underlying factual basis” from the DOJ when it moved to vacate the judgments and remand.

The Court of Appeals properly deferred to the DOJs discretion and simply issued an order granting the motion to vacate and remand.

Mehta’s Prior Overreach: Attempted Restrictions on Stewart Rhodes and His Co-Defendants free Speech and Assembly Post-Commutation

This is not Judge Mehta’s first foray beyond typical judicial bounds in these cases. After President Trump commuted the sentences of Stewart Rhodes and his co-defendants on January 20, 2025, Rhodes promptly visited congressional offices on Capitol Hill to personally advocate for the release of fellow Oath Keeper and Special Forces veteran Jeremy Brown, who was still being held in federal prison by willful leftist judges and BOP officials who refused to acknowledge that President Trump’s pardon applied to Brown’s conviction.  Three days later, on January 24, 2025, Judge Mehta issued an order barring Rhodes and his co-defendants from entering the U.S. Capitol or Washington, D.C., without his express permission.

Acting U.S. Attorney Ed Martin immediately pushed back, filing a motion arguing that Mehta’s  restrictions violated the defendants’ rights and that Judge Mehta was disregarding President Trump’s intent to lift all restrictions and burdens on their free speech and assembly.

Mehta then issued a revised decision asserting that while he retained jurisdiction to impose supervised release conditions, he was effectively releasing them from all probation, because he expected the Executive Branch would not enforce any remaining terms.

The episode carried the air of political theater—imposing restrictions that garnered sensational headlines in leftist media about Judge Mehta banning Stewart Rhodes from entering the Capitol, only to concede their unenforceability and ending any and all supervised release restrictions.

Additional Context: Judge Mehta’s Record of Personal Animus and Contempt for Free Speech in the Oath Keepers Cases

Mehta’s latest order fits a pattern.

In December 2024, during the sentencing of another Oath Keeper, Todd Wison, Mehta stated from the bench that it would be “frightening” if newly elected President Trump pardoned Stewart Rhodes: “The notion that Stewart Rhodes could be absolved of his actions is frightening and ought to be frightening to anyone who cares about democracy in this country.”

Todd Wilson had made a “deal” with the prosecutors, pleading guilty to Seditious Conspiracy and also “cooperated” with the prosecution/persecution of the others, and was therefore rewarded by Mehta, who gave Wilson no prison time, and probation only, for the same charged offense Mehta gave Rhodes 18 years for.

At Rhodes’ own May 2023 sentencing (to 18 years), Mehta read aloud from a recent jailhouse interview in which Rhodes reasserted that the 2020 election was stolen, illegal, and unconstitutional, that Biden was an illegitimate usurper, and that this fact had put the country in a constitutional crisis and on the “Founders’ path” because when you cannot have fair, lawful elections, you no longer have the meaningful ability to elect your own representatives or President, you effectively no longer have self-government, and you are in the same place the Founding generation was, and will have to walk the same path – having to eventually nullify and resist illegitimate and tyrannical government.

Though Rhodes’ statements were manifestly First Amendment protected political free speech, Mehta responded in substance that “we cannot have this in our democracy,” treating Rhodes’ continued political speech as evidence of ongoing dangerousness warranting a lengthy prison term.

After quoting Rhodes’ jailhouse interview, Mehta declared: “You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic and to the very fabric of our democracy… You are smart, you are compelling, and you are charismatic.

Frankly, that is what makes you dangerous, even while incarcerated.”  Then he sentenced Rhodes to 18 years and said “good luck.”

Such politically charged statements from the bench by Mehta, directly targeting and punishing First Amendment-protected activity – much like the Oath Keepers’ political speech about the 2020 election being used as  “state of mind” evidence against them at trial—underscore the judge’s overt partisan hostility toward the defendants’ core political views and their free speech.

Such politically charged comments from the bench raise serious questions about Mehta’s capacity to serve as an impartial judge in these cases.

Reasons for the DOJ’s dismissal push are not hard to discern. Prosecutorial Misconduct and Venue Bias Undermined the Original Convictions.

 Independent reporting, particularly by Steve Baker of Blaze Media and coverage in The Gateway Pundit, has highlighted serious issues with the government’s case.

Key witnesses including Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and Special Agent David Lazarus appear to have committed perjury. Baker’s analysis of Capitol CCTV footage showed Lazarus could not have witnessed the alleged confrontation between Dunn and Oath Keepers inside the building—he was in a different Senate office building across Constitution Avenue at the time.

The DOJ possessed this video but failed to flag it as exculpatory Brady material, instead burying it among a massive volume of footage provided to the defense. Such nondisclosure, combined with other documented issues, taints the convictions.

Broader systemic problems compound this: the D.C. jury pool’s well-documented bias against January 6 defendants and Trump supporters.

Venue change requests were denied across J6 cases despite clear evidence of prejudice, exacerbated by the timing of the highly publicized J6 Select Committee show-trial “hearings’ immediately before trials, which nearly all jurors admitted to watching.  The jury pool in Washington DC was intentionally, spectacularly tainted in advance of trial. These factors made fair trials in Washington, D.C. impossible.

Civil Lawfare Persists

Even if criminal cases finally end, civil suits continue. Two major 2021 leftist “lawfare” lawsuits—one by members of Congress (originally filed by Rep Benny Thompson on February 16, 2021) and another by a group of Capitol Police officers—remain pending in Judge Mehta’s court against President Trump, Rhodes and his co-defendants, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and against Enrique Tarrio and several of his co-defendants.

Both civil suits invoke the Ku Klux Klan Act (42 U.S.C. § 1985), alleging a conspiracy lead by President Trump to  “disenfranchise Black people” and “attack democracy” by challenging the 2020 election results and “attacking the Capitol.”

These civil cases recycle the same tired leftist “insurrection!” false-narrative now rejected by the Executive Branch in the criminal context, ensuring the lawfare battle shifts arenas but continues.

It is telling that both of these “zombie” leftist lawfare J6 lawsuits from 2021 against President Trump and his supporters are in front of Judge Mehta.

 Frankly, given Mehta’s well-documented political bias and partisanship, he should recuse himself from these cases – but he won’t for the same reasons he wants to delay granting the motion to dismiss.

To be blunt, Judge Mehta has never acted like an impartial judge in any of these J6 cases, and has always acted like a partisan prosecutor and political activist, and he should be impeached by Congress and removed from the bench (along with several other DC District Court judges who are also clearly political partisans).

Judge Mehta’s latest order delays closure for defendants whose sentences were already commuted. It underscores ongoing tensions between branches: an Executive exercising prosecutorial discretion versus a district judge demanding veto power over policy-driven dismissals.

Precedent from the Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit strongly favors deference to the DOJ here. Continued resistance risks eroding separation of powers and prolonging unjustified stigma on defendants long after clemency.

It will be interesting to see how the DOJ responds, but the core principle remains: charging and dismissal decisions belong to the Executive, not the bench.   And that is what the DOJ needs to make clear, even if it requires an expedited order from the DC Court of Appeals.

Note:  Stewart Rhodes is now rebuilding Oath Keepers, which will drive leftists across the nation insane, and if you’d like to support that important work, please donate here: givesendgo.com/oath

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Mike Davis and the Article III Project filed a federal civil-rights criminal referral yesterday with AAG Harmeet Dhillon at the DOJ, targeting Colorado officials who jailed Tina Peters.

Mike Davis filed his referral with the DOJ moments after Tina Peters was released from prison yesterday.

HAMMER of JUSTICE: Mike Davis of Article III Project just filed a federal civil-rights criminal referral with AAG Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ targeting Colorado officials who jailed Tina Peters for her First Amendment views on election integrity. Filed the day she walks free.

HAMMER of JUSTICE: Mike Davis of Article III Project just filed a federal civil-rights criminal referral with AAG Harmeet Dhillon at DOJ targeting Colorado officials who jailed Tina Peters for her First Amendment views on election integrity. Filed the day she walks free. https://t.co/6EQKIwy8nb pic.twitter.com/64lJ6ESTIE

— @amuse (@amuse) June 1, 2026

Here is the press release from the Article III Project.

Ahead of Tina Peters’ release from prison today, Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project, filed a federal civil-rights criminal referral with Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, urging a criminal investigation into Colorado government officials who illegally conspired to unconstitutionally punish the former Mesa County Clerk for her First Amendment-protected views on election integrity.

In March 2022, Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, supported vociferously by Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, indicted Peters on charges related to alleged election interference. In October 2024, Mesa County District Judge Matthew D. Barrett sentenced the then-69-year-old woman to nearly nine years in prison for nonviolent offenses, a sentence longer than what many defendants receive in federal court for illegal voting. Peters has no prior criminal record, and her actions did not alter a single vote.

The Colorado Court of Appeals subsequently remanded the case for resentencing, citing grave concerns that Judge Barrett had improperly punished Peters for exercising First Amendment rights. Colorado Governor Jared Polis then commuted her sentence, citing those same concerns about free speech, and Peters will be released today, June 1. Yet Weiser, Rubinstein, and Griswold all publicly condemned the commutation. Griswold even penned an op-ed in the Denver Post arguing Peters should have served her full sentence.

A3P’s referral invokes 18 U.S.C. § 241 (conspiracy to violate rights) and 18 U.S.C. § 242 (deprivation of rights). Because judges and prosecutors are absolutely immune from civil liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, only a criminal investigation can provide the accountability Peters deserves and the rule of law demands.

“Colorado government officials illegally conspired to severely, unconstitutionally, and criminally punish Tina Peters because of her First Amendment-protected views on election integrity. The evidence is clear. No one is above the law. Not secretaries of state, not district attorneys, not attorneys general, and not judges. Tina Peters received a sentence so extreme and constitutionally infirm that even a Democrat-appointed appellate court vacated it, and a Democrat governor commuted it. Governor Polis himself expressed concern that Peters was punished for her exercise of free speech. That is extraordinary. That demands a federal criminal investigation,” wrote Davis.

“A3P calls on the DOJ to investigate Mesa County District Judge Matthew Barrett, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, Mesa County District Attorney Dan Rubinstein, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and any and all other potential coconspirators. Civil immunity does not shield judges and prosecutors from criminal liability for violating a defendant’s constitutional rights. That is settled law. It is time for accountability.”

The Article III Project (A3P) was founded by veteran GOP operative and attorney Mike Davis, who, after helping win the Senate confirmation battles of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, developed the reputation as a “take-no-prisoners conservative eager to challenge the left with hardball tactics,” as reported in The New York Times.‍‍

‍‍A3P defends constitutionalist judges, punches back on radical assaults on judicial independence (like court-packing) and opposes judicial and other nominees who are outside of the mainstream. Davis previously served as Chief Counsel for Nominations to Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and led the Senate confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and a record number of circuit court judges.

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