First, President Donald Trump agreed with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin , saying that "mail-in voting is corrupt." Then he took a shot at Colorado's mail-in voting system in a post on Truth Social , taking aim at Governor Jared Polis along with other unspecified Colorado politicians.

But the point of his post wasn't about election security — it was a demand to free a former county clerk convicted of compromising Colorado election data.

"FREE TINA PETERS," the August 21 post began, "a brave and innocent Patriot who has been tortured by Crooked Colorado politicians, including the big Mail-In Ballot supporting the governor of the State. Let Tina Peters out of jail, RIGHT NOW. She did nothing wrong, except catching the Democrats cheat in the Election. She is an old woman, and very sic

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