US EditionColorado AG accuses Trump of ‘revenge campaign’ for state refusal to free convicted elections clerk
The lawsuit alleges the Trump administration cut $724 million in federal funds and retaliated over Colorado's mail-in voting and imprisonment of former clerk Tina Peters.
- On Thursday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser expanded a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver to add broader retaliation claims against the Trump administration.
- Amid complaints about Colorado's mail‑in voting, the administration escalated demands, with Phil Weiser saying it aimed to coerce mail‑in system changes and Tina Peters' release.
- The lawsuit cites termination of a transportation grant worth over 100,000 and cancellation of $615 million in DOE funds, among other actions, according to the amended filing.
- Seeking relief, Weiser asked U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson to declare Colorado unjustly punished and to reverse individual cuts, while the administration has not yet formally responded.
- Amid claims of constitutional overreach, Phil Weiser, Colorado Attorney General, said the request is novel because an unprecedented administration is attempting to usurp state authority, and he warned of broader precedent as a gubernatorial candidate this year.
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Colorado attorney general expands lawsuit to challenge Trump ‘revenge campaign’ against state
Attorney General Phil Weiser on Thursday expanded a lawsuit filed to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado to now encapsulate a broader “revenge campaign” that he said the Trump administration was waging against Colorado. Weiser named a litany of moves the Trump administration had made in recent weeks — from moving to shut down the National Center for Atmospheric Research to putting food assistance in limbo to denying disaster declarations — in hi…
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WV NewsUpdated Space Command lawsuit flags new Trump actions targeting Colorado
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser speaks on Jan. 8, 2026, during a virtual press conference where he announced an updated lawsuit that says the Trump administration violated Colorado’s state sovereignty. (Screenshot from Zoom)A lawsuit that says the Trump administration violated Colorado’s state sovereignty has been updated to cite additional federal actions the state says are unconstitutional, according to Colorado Attorney General Phil Wei…
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