BREAKING: Trump pardons approximately 1500 J6ers

Trump also signed executive orders aligned with the promises he made the American people during his campaign. He was expected to sign some 200 executive orders on his first day in office, many of which were reversals of Biden's executive orders which were in turn reversals of Trump's executive orders.

Speaking at Capital One Arena ahead of the signing, Trump told the crowd, "we’re going to release our great hostages" that "didn’t do stuff wrong."

"You see, take a look at what went on and look what happens in other parts of the country. In Portland, where they kill people, they destroy the city, nothing happens to them. In Seattle, where they took over a big chunk of the city, nothing happened. Minneapolis, where they burned down the city, nothing happened. Essentially nothing happened."

"All they want to do is go after the J6 hostages. A 76-year-old grandmother was arrested the other day because she was looking — I think because she was tooling at the Capitol or something like that. How we’re not going to put up with that crap anymore."

Over the course of his campaign and after his victory, Trump has vowed to pardon those charged and convicted in connection to the day. A Monday report stated that Trump would sign pardons for those convicted of nonviolent offenses. Over 730 people have been convicted of misdemeanor offenses and around 55 percent of prosecutions for January 6 are misdemeanor cases, with charges including trespassing or disorderly conduct. Overall, more than 1,580 people were charged by prosecutors under the Biden administration, with around 1,270 convictions being secured.

In a press conference earlier in January, Trump told reporters from Mar-a-Lago, "We’re looking at it, and we have other people in there,” Trump said. He then added that there were people who did "some bad things weren’t prosecuted, and people that didn’t even walk into the building are in jail right now. So, we’ll be looking at the whole thing. But I’ll be making major pardons, yes."