Biden clemency recipient arrested in Texas on federal money laundering charge

HOUSTON, TX – A Texas man whose sentence was commuted by then-President Joe Biden earlier this year has been arrested on a federal warrant tied to an alleged drug money laundering scheme spanning Michigan and Texas. Lakento Brian Smith, 55, was taken into custody this week and faces a charge of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments to promote felony violations of the Controlled Substances Act, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursd...