President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned about 1,500 people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a sweeping gesture of support to the people who assaulted police as they tried to prevent lawmakers from certifying his 2020 election defeat.

The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.

Donald Trump issued pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of his first acts after being sworn in as the country’s 47th president on Monday.

The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.

President Donald Trump followed through on his promise to quickly pardon Jan. 6 rioters after taking office, announcing hours into his presidency on Monday, Jan. 20, that he would pardon all nonviolen

While Trump did not mention the pardons in his official inaugural address, in a rambling speech to supporters afterward he said he would take “action” on the January 6 “hostages”

They were very embarrassed. They had a great deal of remorse and shame,” said the attorney for a Glen Carbon man who traveled to Washington D.C. with his brother and cousin.

President Donald Trump on Monday said he was pardoning about 1500 supporters who have been charged in the January 6 2021, US Capitol attack.The newly-elected president used his sweeping clemency powers on his first day back in office to dismantle the largest investigation and prosecution in Justice Department history.

The president-elect’s appearance on Sunday signaled to the city that his election in November has rewritten the narrative of how his first term ended.

Donald Trump took to the rally-like atmosphere of Capital One Arena to sign a series of executive orders, including one that withdraws from the Paris Climate Accords and others that freeze much of non-military federal hiring and new regulations.