Eight of the 1,500 defendants were Arkansans, including the man who became infamous for taking a photo with his feet propped up on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk. Richard "Bigo" Barnett, 64 of Gravette, was sentenced to 54 months in prison after he was found guilty of obstructing Congress and impeding police on January 6, 2021.
In his last hours as president, Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons to his family members, Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and others.
Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th
President Trump on Tuesday defended signing mass pardons for rioters charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, including those who were violent offenders, a move that has drawn
In his announcement of the last-minute pardons, Biden stressed that these people did nothing wrong, but still may face prosecution under a Trump administration.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned his siblings and their spouses, saying his family had been “subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me — the worst kind of partisan politics.”
A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South was maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into