Gold Star parent Steve Nikoui was charged with obstruction of Congress during President Biden's State of the Union speech earlier this month, but those charges have since been dismissed by Democratic attorney general in Washington, D.C. Brian Schwalb.
Kareem Nikoui, who was killed in 2021 during the tumultuous withdrawal of the Biden Administration from Afghanistan, was the son of Nikoui.
Fox News was informed of the choice on Tuesday night. The Speaker's Office verified the decision to withdraw the charges.
When he received the news, other families were present as well.
During the speech, Nikoui—who was invited by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla.—interrupted the president by yelling, "Abbey Gate!"
After giving Nikoui a warning, the US Capitol Police (USCP) took him out of the chamber and placed him under arrest.
USCP put out a statement that night stating that "disrupting the Congress and demonstrating in Congressional Buildings is illegal."
Mast demanded that the accusations be withdrawn, as did Representatives Michael Waltz, R-Fla., Representative Issa, and House Foreign Affairs Chair Michael McCaul.
Issa and Waltz begged USCP Police Chief Tom Manger to dismiss the charges in a letter.
That was a decision left to Schwalb, though.
Steve Nikoui is not prosecuted by the DC attorney general for interfering with Congress during his SOTU speech