EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - Two social media accounts indicated that two East Texan co-defendants in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots have been pardoned and released from federal prison. Alex Kirk Harkrider, 37 ...

Alex Kirk Harkrider, 37, of Carthage, and Ryan Taylor Nichols, 34, of Longview, were convicted in 2024 for their parts in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. “Ryan Nichols has been fully pardoned and released!!