U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he signs an executive order on AI in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. December 11, 2025. REUTERS/Al Drago

Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was granting a pardon to Tina Peters, a Colorado county clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machines after the 2020 U.S. presidential election and sentenced to nine years in prison.

"Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.

(Reporting by Bhargav Archaya; Writing by Christian Martinez; Editing by Christopher Cushing)