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Mark and Patricia McCloskey were filmed holding weapons outside their home
in St Louis, Missouri.
They were fined aer pleading guilty to misdemeanour charges this year.
But Missouri's Republican Governor Mike Parson has now pardoned them,
something he had promised aer US conservatives began to support the
couple.
The pair, both lawyers, appeared briefly at last year's Republican National
Convention, and Mr McCloskey has announced plans to run for a US Senate
seat in Missouri.
"When the angry mob came to destroy my house and kill my family, I took a
stand against them," he reportedly said in a recent campaign video. "I will
never back down."
The two became a symbol of US divisions over the protests, with Democrats
harshly criticising them and Republicans praising the lawyers.
The pair were quickly charged. A complaint issued by St Louis Circuit Attorney
Kim Gardner said both had displayed their semi-automatic weapons "readily
capable of lethal use, in an angry or threatening manner".
But at the start of their legal case Governor Parson had vowed to pardon them
if convicted. On Tuesday his office issued a press release confirming he had
stuck to his promise.
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