## Jan. 6 rioter whose case was tossed after Trump pardon arrested on pending weapons charges

Authored by abcnews.go.com

A Florida man who prosecutors alleged attacked police with an explosive device during the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol — and whose case was dropped following President Donald Trump's sweeping pardons and commutations issued Monday, was arrested Wednesday on pending federal gun charges, according to court records.

Daniel Ball, 39, was taken into custody Wednesday morning, according to an arrest warrant, on a separate indictment returned by federal prosecutors in Florida last summer that charged him for unlawfully possessing a gun as a felon.

He had at least three previous felony convictions — one dating back to 2017 for domestic violence battery by strangulation and two in October of 2021 — nine months after the Jan. 6 riot, for resisting law enforcement and battery on a law enforcement officer.

Ball was among the few defendants being held pretrial in connection with his Jan. 6 case, after prosecutors accused him of using an explosive device to assault officers trying to protect the Capitol in the Lower West End Tunnel.

Ball further was allegedly seen on video joining rioters in an unsuccessful attempt to break through a police line, before retreating to throw "dangerous weapons" at the line of officers, according to court records.

A federal judge ordered Ball detained in May of 2023 after determining he posed a serious ongoing danger to the general public if released, and to members of law enforcement in particular.

Ball has not entered a plea to the weapons charge and ABC News has reached out to an attorney listed as representing him for comment. »

### Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says

Authored by politico.eu

“It is the power of those who think that because they are rich, they are above the law and can do anything.

That is why, my friends, that is why the tech billionaires want to overthrow democracy.”.

At a separate event in Davos on Jan. 21 he called on Europe to unite against the "tech caste.". »

### Arnold Schwarzenegger Pledges to Donate $1 Million to L.A. Wildfire Relief: 'I'm Going to Lead the Way'

Authored by people.com

I’m sending a million dollars of my own money, split between @lafdfoundation, @cafirefound, and @habitatla.

Thousands of structures have been affected so far in what is considered the most destructive firestorm in the city’s history.

"Giving back is, to me, everything," he said in the news clip, which noted Schwarzenegger has been donating turkeys to the youth center for more than three decades. »

### Bishop Who Angered Trump Speaks: 'Not Going to Apologize'

Authored by time.com

In a post on Truth Social, Trump called the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Mariann Edgar Budde, a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater” who is “not very good at her job.”

Budde’s sermon may have been the only critical words Donald Trump heard during his first full day in office.

BISHOP BUDDE: I hope that a message calling for dignity, respecting dignity, honesty, humility and kindness is resonating with people. »

### Did Trump's executive order just make everyone in the U.S. female?

Authored by mashable.com

"'Sex' shall refer to an individual’s immutable biological classification as either male or female," Trump's executive order declares.

Though Trump's goal to impose a "binary nature of sex" may seem clear, the specific wording, technicalities, and application of his executive order are far from it.

If we were to assign a sex at conception as per Trump's executive order, all of them would be female. »

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