Trump pardons nearly 1500 Capitol rioters, declares national emergency at US-Mexico border in Immigration crackdown bid
Trump gave sweeping pardons to nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol and commuted the sentences of several others.
PTC News Desk: Soon after assuming office, Donald Trump has signed an order and pardoned about 1500 people associated with Capitol riots four years ago.
Trump gave sweeping pardons to nearly all of the 1,600 rioters charged with storming the Capitol and commuted the sentences of several others. His decision appears to cover both people accused of low-level, nonviolent offenses that day and those who committed violence.
Donald Trump says he was surprised that Joe Biden pardoned members of his own family, saying it sets an "unbelievable precedent".
"Now maybe every president that leaves office, they're going to pardon every person they ever met," he says.
In a bid to crackdown on immigration has declared national emergency at US-Mexico border which would facilitate deployment of US troops. Another executive order designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations.
“We're getting rid of all the cancer ... caused by the Biden administration,” Trump said as he signed a stack of executive orders in the Oval Office.