President Donald Trump sharply escalated his attacks on Colorado Governor Jared Polis, accusing him of weakness on crime and linking him to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, while again demanding the release of former county election clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year state prison sentence.
Speaking during an Oval Office event focused on border security and drug trafficking, Trump claimed that "the governor of Colorado is a weak and pathetic man who was run by Tren de Aragua," alleging that Venezuelan criminals had "taken over sections of Colorado" while Polis failed to act.
