{"id":2511367,"date":"2025-11-17T08:51:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drug-trafficker-freed-by-biden-is-back-in-prison-after-shooting-local-police-admonish-biden-admin\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T08:52:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T13:52:00","slug":"drug-trafficker-freed-by-biden-is-back-in-prison-after-shooting-local-police-admonish-biden-admin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drug-trafficker-freed-by-biden-is-back-in-prison-after-shooting-local-police-admonish-biden-admin\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug Trafficker Freed by Biden Is Back in Prison After Shooting, Local Police Admonish Biden Admin"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrug-trafficker-freed-by-biden-is-back-in-prison-after-shooting-local-police-admonish-biden-admin%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2511367&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Joe Biden issued numerous pardons and commutations during his final days in office. One recipient, Khyre Holbert, who had pled guilty in 2018 to trafficking crack cocaine and firearm offenses and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, was released early by the Biden governance before serving his last 13 years. However, just months after his release, Holbert was arrested again following a shooting incident in Omaha, Nebraska. He now <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >faces charges including<\/a> first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm, offenses similar to those for which he was previously convicted. The Omaha Police Officers Association condemned the decision to release Holbert, citing the risk it poses to community safety. Authorities had previously warned the administration about Holbert&#8217;s gang ties and criminal history. Holbert is not the only case; another pardoned individual, Willie Frank Peterson, was also re-arrested on drug-related charges shortly after his sentence was commuted. Attorney General Pam Bondi criticized these last-minute commutations as failures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/election-officials-approve-petition-to-recall-progressive-l-a-county-d-a-gascon-signature-gathering-begins\/\" title=\"Election Officials Approve Petition To Recall Progressive L.A. County D.A. Gasc\u00f3n, Signature-Gathering Begins\">hold criminals accountable<\/a> and emphasized the need for consequences to prevent crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former President Joe Biden pardoned numerous criminals during his final days in office, and yet another commutation recipient has been arrested just months after receiving freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Khyre Holbert, 28, pled guilty in 2018 to trafficking crack cocaine and knowingly carrying and using a firearm during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-shouldnt-be-hard-to-condemn-ketanji-brown-jacksons-leniency-for-child-predators\/\" title=\"It Shouldn\u2019t Be Hard To Condemn Ketanji Brown Jackson\u2019s Leniency For Child Predators\">drug-trafficking crime<\/a>, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/wont-be-the-last-felon-freed-by-biden-autopen-arrested-after-omaha-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Blaze Media.<\/p>\n<p>Before those offenses, he had served <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/italy-considering-new-law-fight-radical-islam-includes-burqa-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three years<\/a> for another felony firearm offense.<\/p>\n<p>Holbert was supposed to spend the next 20 years in prison, but the Biden administration freed him before he got to serve his final 13 years.<\/p>\n<p>But just last month, Holbert was arrested in relation to a shooting in Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); 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the organization said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re grateful our members got there fast, before Holbert could get away or hurt anyone else.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Blaze Media noted that the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office for the District of Nebraska had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/civil-rights-leaders-complain-media-coverage-terrorism-makes-arab-town-look-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urged<\/a> the Biden administration to avoid releasing Holbert, cautioning of his gang connections and past convictions.<\/p>\n<p>But Holbert is not the only Biden pardon or commutation recipient to return to their pattern of offenses.<\/p>\n<p>Willie Frank Peterson was sentenced to six years and three months in prison, but Biden shortened his sentence to only 20 months.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Peterson was arrested in Dothan, Alabama, for two counts of unlawful possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of marijuana, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/man-prison-sentence-commuted-biden-facing-drug-firearms-related-charges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a reaction to the Holbert case, noting that &ldquo;the Biden administration&rsquo;s last-minute commutations were not only a cruel blow to victims&rsquo; families, but also a fundamental failure to hold criminals accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This tragic case proves that crime must be met with consequences, not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-spanish-priest-facing-years-prison-comment-offended-muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">weakness<\/a>,&rdquo; Bondi added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our prosecutors in Nebraska are doing the job that the prior administration refused to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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