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Thursday, May 14, 2026

A Jan. 6 rioter from Texas who was pardoned by President Donald Trump and claimed he had "completely changed" since the 2021 U.S. Capitol attack was arrested Sunday and charged with deadly conduct after allegedly threatening a churchgoer with a gun. Ryan Nichols, 36, is accused of displaying and grabbing the weapon, a pistol, while threatening and confronting a man over a "prior disagreement" in the parking lot of Oak Grove Baptist Church in Harleton, according to local police officials. "Nichols confronted a subject ... and whenever the subject attempted to leave and de-escalate the situation Nichols continued to confront him," the Harrison County Sheriff's Office said in a press release. "The victim stated that they turned away from Nichols and attempted to usher his family towards their vehicle while asking Nichols to go to his own vehicle and leave."

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