Boebert comes out against slush fund payment for infamous jailed election denier: report

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shot down the idea of compensating her state's most controversial election denier, according to a new report.

Tina Peters is set to be released from prison on Monday after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence. According to reporting by CBS News, Boebert doesn't think that Peters should be able to tap into Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, which critics worry could pay January 6 rioters.

"I would automatically come out and say that this should be funds for people who were wronged by the federal government," Boebert explained, noting that Peters was imprisoned for state charges. "The state probably should rectify anything that they've done with their citizens."

Peters, a former county clerk, was convicted in 2024 for tampering with election equipment. She was sentenced to nine years in prison, but is getting out in fewer than two years after pressure from Trump for her release by the state's governor.