Trump administration seeks custody of imprisoned Colorado elections clerk

The Trump administration is seeking a transfer from state prison to federal custody of a former Colorado county clerk who has become a hero to election conspiracy theorists. The Colorado Department of Corrections said Friday that it received a letter from the federal Bureau of Prisons regarding Tina Peters on Wednesday. Neither the department nor the Bureau of Prisons immediately responded to a request to provide a copy of the letter but a state corrections department spokesperson confirmed it was a transfer request. Peters was convicted by a jury of orchestrating a scheme to breach voting machine data and is serving a nine-year sentence in a Colorado state prison. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser says he'll oppose any effort to transfer Peters.