Benta Berkland

Peters was convicted of state crimes for allowing an unauthorized person to access Mesa County's Dominion voting machines months after the 2020 election in search of voter fraud.

She's in state prison and appealing her conviction.

She maintains her innocence and says she was preserving election records.

Trump says Democrats have been relentless towards Peters.

He says she's a patriot who simply wanted to make sure our elections were fair and honest.

Trump can't legally pardon Peters for a state conviction.

Democrats point out that she was convicted by a jury of her peers in a Republican part of Colorado.

For NPR News, I'm Benta Birkland.