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\n Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday fired two members of the state\u2019s clemency board after they spoke out against his controversial decision to grant clemency to Tina Peters \u2013 an election denier whose sentence was cut in half by the outgoing Democratic governor in May.\n <\/p>\n

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\n Azra Taslimi and Hannah Seigel Proff told CNN they were fired after speaking out publicly, including in a New York Times article in June, in which they revealed secret details about the clemency process and criticized the governor for overruling the board. They told the Times the clemency board twice voted unanimously behind closed doors to reject Peters\u2019 application for an early release from prison.\n <\/p>\n

\n Polis\u2019 decision in May to release Peters came after President Donald Trump waged a long pressure campaign against Colorado to free her. Peters \u2013 who was released from prison in June \u2013 was the last Trump ally still in prison for 2020 election-related crimes.\n <\/p>\n

\n In letters to Taslimi and Proff obtained by CNN, Polis said the two members breached confidentiality by speaking out.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cSpecifically, you breached the required duty of confidentiality by publicly divulging Board members\u2019 votes pertaining to a clemency application which you obtained only through your official position on this Board,\u201d Polis wrote in the letters.\n <\/p>\n

\n The two women told CNN they are disappointed they were fired \u2014 but not surprised.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI\u2019m not upset that he overrode our decision. I think what\u2019s upsetting is that we understand why he did it, which is that you know Tina Peters had a powerful ally behind her,\u201d Taslimi said. \u201cShe had political pressure applied in her name, and the governor capitulated to it, and that is what makes this unfair, and that is why I call it selective mercy, because you are giving her the benefit that you don\u2019t give or apply to anyone else.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

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\n Eric Maruyama, a spokesperson for the governor, told CNN in a statement Wednesday, \u201cPublicly disclosing board recommendations and how members vote on any case threatens the credibility of the board, colors future deliberations by the board and breaks clearly stated confidentiality policy articulated in the Executive Order which establishes this board.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n Proff, who served on the board for nearly eight years, said she understood the state rules around the closed-door clemency recommendation process \u201cmore as the confidentiality to protect the people who apply for clemency, not to protect the governor.\u201d\n <\/p>\n

\n The governor primarily justified his decision to release Peters by citing a recent Colorado appeals court ruling that found the trial judge violated Peters\u2019 First Amendment rights by improperly punishing her for her protected speech about the 2020 election.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cIt was a straightforward decision because, after reviewing the facts, and reading the Appeals Court decision, I concluded that her sentence was simply too long,\u201d Polis wrote in a Substack post, where he condemned Peters\u2019 crimes.\n <\/p>\n

\n Now that they\u2019ve been terminated, Proff worries there will be less transparency.\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cI worry now that we\u2019ve been terminated from the board what comes of this is that people are less likely to speak out \u2026 that politicians will go unchecked on these sort of decisions,\u201d Proff said.\n <\/p>\n

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