{"id":300,"date":"2026-05-22T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=300"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:03:54","slug":"did-jd-vance-say-that-tina-peters-deserves-a-federal-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"Did JD Vance say that Tina Peters deserves a federal payout?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2>Yes.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance recently told reporters he thought it was \u201creasonable\u201d that Tina Peters \u201cget some compensation\u201d from the taxpayer-supported Anti-Weaponization Fund, incorrectly saying she was only guilty of trespassing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=299\">3 Colorado quantum-computing makers swap some equity for $100 million each in federal funding<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A jury convicted Peters, the former Mesa County clerk, of four felonies and three misdemeanors in 2024 for orchestrating a security breach of Mesa County\u2019s election system in a failed bid to find evidence of voter fraud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Gov. Jared Polis to release Peters. Trump later withheld federal funding for Colorado water infrastructure, after vowing to take \u201charsh measures\u201d against the state if she wasn\u2019t released. Polis commuted her nine-year sentence May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=297\">E-bike access to Pitkin County\u2019s Maroon Bells now will cost riders. Bigger changes could be coming.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Weaponization Fund is drawing $1.776 billion from the Treasury Department\u2019s Judgment Fund as part of a private settlement between Trump and the IRS. The new fund\u2019s stated purpose is to pay people who\u2019ve \u201csuffered weaponization and lawfare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>This fact brief is responsive to conversations such as this one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Colorado Sun partners with Gigafact to produce fact briefs \u2014 bite-sized fact checks of trending claims. Read our methodology to learn how we check claims.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=295\">Lost with no documents, immigrants released from ICE\u2019s Aurora detention center rely on nonprofit for help<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The White House Vice President JD Vance briefs members of the media<\/li>\n<li>The Colorado Sun Colorado governor cuts Tina Peter\u2019s prison sentence in half<\/li>\n<li>Axios How Trump\u2019s $1.8 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund works<\/li>\n<li>Bureau of the Fiscal Service Judgment Fund<\/li>\n<li>Denver7 Trump tells Governor Polis to \u201crot in hell\u201d over Tina Peters\u2019 incarceration<\/li>\n<li>Colorado Newsline Trump threatens \u201charsh measures\u201d in another call for Tina Peters\u2019 release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. 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