Donald Trump took the presidential oath for a second time at the Capitol.
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump returned from a campaign-style rally at a Washington, D.C., arena to the White House to sign more executive orders, including a sweeping one that pardoned those convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Earlier after taking the oath of office and events at the Capitol, Trump spoke to a roaring crowd at Capital One Arena, where he also signed several executive orders.
Now that he's finished signing the orders, Trump is attending several inaugural balls.
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The crowd booed loudly when Trump brought up Joe Biden's last-minute pardons for members of his family.
"Did you know that Biden, while I was making my speech, pardoned his whole family? The brother. The whole deal was pardoned. Can you imagine that?" Trump said.
"Most of those bureaucrats are being fired. They are gone," Trump said.
He also said he will force thousands of federal employees to return to in-person work.
Trump is running through many of his campaign promises, some of which will be easier to accomplish than others.
"I'm revoking nearly 80 destructive radical executive actions of the previous administration," he said.
Almost immediately after Trump took the stage, he said he would be signing pardons for Jan. 6 rioters.
"Tonight, I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out," Trump said. "And as soon as I leave, I'm going to the Oval Office and we'll be signing pardons for a lot of people. A lot of people."
Steve Witkoff, the first speaker following the parade in Capital One Arena, touted the ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Gaza, a day after some hostages returned home.
"This achievement demonstrates the strength President Trump's leadership and the respect he commands on the global stage," Witkoff, Trump's special envoy to the Middle East, said. "It is yet another example of his ability to deliver results in the most complex and challenging situations."
The family members of several hostages, including those whose loved ones have been released and those who are still being held in Gaza, are in attendance. They received a large round of applause from the audience and also shook hands with Trump.
During his remarks, Witkoff also outlined some of Trump's foreign policy principles, including "reciprocity and accountability."
"We are done carrying the financial burden for nations that are unwilling to fund their own progress. The days of blank checks are over," he said to applause.
