SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - President Trump pardoned former Arkansas state senator Jeremy Hutchinson, who was sentenced to four years and two months in prison for accepting multiple bribes from a Springfield, Mo., company.

A judge sentenced Jeremy Hutchinson, 48, of Little Rock, in April 2023, for his conviction on a charge of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. He pleaded guilty to the charge.

According to federal prosecutors, Hutchinson admitted that as a senator, he was hired as outside counsel for Preferred Family Healthcare Inc., and in exchange, took action in the Arkansas Legislature to help the Springfield, Missouri-based nonprofit. Hutchinson admitted to holding up agency budgets, initiating legislative audits, and sponsoring and voting for legislation that would help P

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