UPDATED: Nursing home owner pardoned by Trump released from Arkansas prison

By: Andrew DeMillo

Outlets: Arkansas Advocate

Published: January 20, 2026

Words: 506

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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A nursing home owner pardoned by President Donald Trump has been released from an Arkansas prison days after a state board paroled him.

Joseph Schwartz, who had been serving a state sentence on tax evasion and Medicaid fraud charges, was released on Tuesday morning.

Schwartz had been ordered last month to prison to serve out his sentence on state Medicaid fraud and tax evasion charges. The Arkansas Post Prison Transfer Board last week …

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