Donald Trump issued a symbolic federal pardon for Tina Peters, a former Colorado elections clerk convicted of state charges related to breaching voting machine equipment in support of his 2020 election fraud claims.Peters is currently serving a nine-year state prison sentence, with Colorado officials affirming that presidential pardons do not apply to state convictions.Only Colorado's governor holds the authority to grant clemency in her case, despite Trump's assertion, as reported by "
The Washington Post".