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.
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized President Biden’s decision to pardon Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and other members of the House panel
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning to skip out on Donald Trump’s inauguration, Politico reported Thursday. A spokesperson for Pelosi told Politico that she would be joining other Democrats who planned to miss Monday’s festivities.
President Biden preemptively pardons Dr. Anthony Fauci, former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, and retired Gen. Mark Milley to protect them from Trump inquiries.
The statement stressed that the pardons "should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.
President Joe Biden has pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
In former President Joe Biden's final hours as the President of the United States, he pardoned members of his family and notable figures like Anthony Fauci and Mark Milley, along with other "J6 ...
I never thought that my column this week would be about anything other than the Inauguration of America’s 47 th president, Donald J. Trump, and his visionary quest to bring America into a Golden Age.
The latest flood of pardons — from both Presidents Biden and Trump — can only deepen the cynicism so many have about Washington.
In a 1915 case (Burdick vs. U.S.), the Supreme Court held that the “confession of guilt (is) implied in the acceptance of a pardon” and may be avoided only by rejecting it. After issuing a pardon to former President Richard Nixon, the Gerald Ford White House said that Nixon’s acceptance of it was an admission of guilt in the Watergate affair.
Pardons were flying all over Washington on Monday like a flock of birds, or airplanes during peak hours at Reagan airport. Joe Biden was first, issuing “pre-emptive” pardons to five members of his family,
The DOJ compared the Capitol rioters to Jim Biden and General Mark Milley, neither of whom have been charged with crimes.