President Trump recently met with Tina Peters at the White House to discuss strategies regarding the upcoming midterm elections. This meeting follows the commutation of the prison sentence Peters received for election tampering, a move that came after Trump applied significant pressure on Colorado Governor Jared Polis. The details of their conversation have surfaced through comments made by Peter Ticktin, who serves as the attorney for Peters. Ticktin appeared on a podcast hosted by Joe Oltmann in Colorado to outline the proposal Peters presented to the President, The New Republic reports. According to Ticktin, Peters suggested that Trump should seize ballots from across the country to conduct a hand recount. During the podcast discussion, Ticktin expressed his belief in the feasibility of this plan. “It’s a good plan, and I do think that something like that is probably going to happen,” Ticktin said. He went on to describe a scenario involving potential political instability following the midterms. “In the event that we have this kind of disaster, and everything goes wrong, and the vote is crazy, and the senatorial races put it up there to remove the president and the vice president, in that nightmare, should it come true, Donald Trump is not going to relinquish control again.” Oltmann has previously called for the execution of top Democrats in Colorado Oltmann explicitly stated on the podcast that he believes violence will be necessary. Ticktin echoed some of these sentiments when discussing the potential for civil unrest. He argued that Trump should maintain control of the nation’s weapons if the country were to descend into a civil war. NEW: As Colorado’s Tina Peters reportedly meets with President Trump to discuss an election “plan,” her attorney says the plan involves seizing ballots nationwide and discusses strategy for a potential civil war pic.twitter.com/mSCKLadB0j— Kyle Clark (@KyleClark) October 8, 2026 “So, he’s got nothing to lose, the nation has nothing to lose, it’s better if we’re going to have a civil war of any sort that it would be martial law with our side in control of the armaments,” Ticktin said. Hearing a lawyer openly discuss the necessity of martial law and the seizure of federal armaments is jarring, to say the least. Usually, one might dismiss these suggestions as fringe conspiracy theories that hold no real weight in actual policy discussions. However, the fact that Peters was granted a high-level meeting after her legal troubles were resolved by the President suggests that these ideas are being entertained by those in power. Trump is clearly focused on preventing a Democratic takeover of Congress after the midterms, and it appears he is willing to consider unconventional and potentially dangerous proposals to maintain his grip on power.