"It was a weight lifted off," Nathan Hughes of Bentonville said. "It was the feeling that justice was served."
President Donald Trump grants pardons and commutations to over 1,500 individuals involved in the Capitol riot, including several from Arkansas.
In less than 24 hours of becoming president, Donald Trump has kept to his word and pardoned convicted Jan. 6, 2021, participants.
It makes my job a lot harder,” Nathan Bogart said. “I have to worry about all these different policies that are coming down and what the intent behind them is."
Before watching Donald Trump return to the presidency and take the oath of office as the 47th president Monday, members of Arkansas’ congressional delegation marveled at what was about to take place.
Praising President Donald Trump for "risking his very life and surviving assassination attempts," Secretary of State Cole Jester bestowed the president on Friday with the Arkansas Diamond Award.
Among the pardoned are Richard "Bigo" Barnett, who became notorious for a photo taken in then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, and Peter Stager, who admitted to beating a police officer with a flagpole.
The celebrations ahead of Donald J. Trump’s inauguration included passionate members of his base along with Trump-loving power brokers partying wildly all around them, but just out of reach.
The potential ban of TikTok in the United States has sparked widespread concern among social media users, many of whom rely on the platform for their livelihood
Arkansas and Oklahoma lawmakers made their way to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Monday morning for the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump. Attendees included Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt. Both Sanders and Stitt ordered flags in their states to be flown at full staff for Inauguration Day.
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walked hand-in-hand into Emancipation Hall before Trump reviewed the troops, marking his first honors ceremony during his second term as president. The review of the troops was initially set for outdoors but was moved to Emancipation Hall due to the freezing temperatures outside.