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Here's what Republican senators told ABC News after President Donald Trump issued pardons for Jan. 6 violent offenders.
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Trump said those prosecuted for the attack on the U.S. Capitol had served long enough, and he sought to shift criticism to a set of preemptive pardons issued by former President Joe Biden.
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President Donald J. Trump began taking decisive steps to implement his agenda hours after being sworn in.
In the day since he's once again become President, Trump has signed more than 200 executive actions aimed at delivering on campaign promises such as lower energy prices, mass deportations and an end to birthright citizenship.
There's been a deluge of actions, orders and pronouncements during the President's first day. From tariffs to immigration to the January 6th pardons - we breakdown everything down.
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President Trump is facing scrutiny for pardons for those who violently protested the 2020 election at the Capitol.
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On his first day in the White House, President Donald Trump gave commutations and pardons to every defendant charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Many assaulted police.
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Trump said he had called Ulbricht's mother to let her know he had granted her son a full pardon.
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