Disgraced Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters - convicted on state charges of elections fraud - is turning to George Washington's ghost to free her from prison after President Trump's pardon.
In a court filing, her lawyers cited Washington's pardon of people convicted of both state and federal crimes during the Whiskey Rebellion of 1795, the Associated Press reports.
Colorado Governor Jared Polis said Trump's pardon is meaningless under state law. Peters is doing time - a nine-year sentence - in the state's La Vista Correctional Facility in Pueblo.
[Photo: Colorado Department of Corrections, Wikipedia]
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