Trump赦免了科罗拉多州选举官员Tina Peters, 无视宪法对联邦赦免的限制, 并引发对宽恕政治化的批评。 Trump pardoned Colorado election official Tina Peters, defying constitutional limits on federal pardons and sparking criticism over politicization of clemency.

2025年12月,前总统唐纳德·特朗普宣布了赦免Tina Peters的计划。 此人是科罗拉多州书记员,因州一级选举犯罪被判处九年徒刑,尽管总统赦免仅适用于联邦罪行。 In December 2025, former President Donald Trump announced plans to pardon Tina Peters, a Colorado clerk serving a nine-year sentence for state-level election crimes, despite presidential pardons applying only to federal offenses. Trump向科罗拉多州官员施压,要求释放她,威胁后果,并听取法律专家的批评,他们强调宽大处理不能超越宪法的限制,也不能防止今后发生犯罪。 Trump pressured Colorado officials to release her, threatening consequences, drawing criticism from legal experts who stress clemency cannot override constitutional limits or prevent future crimes. 自上任以来,他的宽大记录超过1,840项行为,引起人们对政治化的担忧,批评者指出一种倾向偏向盟友、捐助者和1月6日的被告,同时置司法部的传统审查程序于一边。 His broader clemency record, exceeding 1,840 acts since returning to office, has raised concerns over politicization, with critics noting a pattern favoring allies, donors, and January 6 defendants while sidelining the Justice Department’s traditional review process. 包括特拉华州等公共监督模式在内的改革呼声在担心被滥用的同时不断增长, Calls for reform, including public oversight models like Delaware’s, have grown amid fears of abuse, though debate continues over balancing executive power with fairness.