Trump pardons ALL Jan 6 rioters and declares Mexican drug cartels 'terrorists' in first White House press conference

It is shameful that the President has decided to make one of his top priorities the abandonment and betrayal of police officers who put their lives on the line to stop an attempt to subvert the peaceful transfer of power,

Pelosi said

Tonight I'm going to be signing on the J6 hostages, pardons to get them out,

Trump said at the parade at Capital One Arena in Washington

The President's actions are an outrageous insult to our justice system and the heroes who suffered physical scars and emotional trauma as they protected the Capitol, the Congress and the Constitution,

Pelosi, who didn’t attend Trump’s inauguration Monday, said in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter

The issuance of these pardons should not be mistaken as an acknowledgment that any individual engaged in any wrongdoing, nor should acceptance be misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense,

Biden said in a statement

We won, we won, but now the work begins,

Trump said to start his remarks at the end of the parade in the packed Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC

There is no presence of any nation in the world that interferes with our administration.”

Mulino rejected any notion, saying

I must reject in its entirety the words expressed by President Donald Trump regarding Panama and its Canal.”

Mulino responded in a Spanish-language statement saying

President Trump spoke directly to the issues that matter to these Americans.”

Asked by NBC News' Lester Holt if she agrees with the negative picture Trump painted of American life, Britt said

The Canal was not a concession from anyone. It was the result of generational struggles that culminated in 1999, as a result of the Torrijos-Carter treaty and, since then until now, for 25 years, without interruption, we have managed and expanded it responsibly to serve the world and its commerce, including the United States,

Mulino said in his statement

Mr. President, those are qualities that I see in you,

Thune said

I have taken responsibility for my actions, sought atonement, and am working to make a positive difference in the lives of the most vulnerable, including the homeless, those recovering from addiction, and those re-entering society."

According to a statement provided to the Courier Journal, Lundergan responded to the pardon by saying

This is the Donald Trump agenda that the American people want,

Donalds added

I talked to Melania, she said it the best: ‘America’s kind of sleepy; we’re awake.’ We’re awake and ready to go. Everybody’s excited about the opportunity here.”

Asked what he thinks of Trump’s return to the White House, Graham said

Mr. President, I urge you in the strongest terms possible: Do not pardon Leonard Peltier or cut his sentence short. It would be shattering to the victims’ loved ones and undermine the principles of justice and accountability that our government should represent.”

Wray's letter to Biden ended

The Canal is and will continue to be Panama’s and its administration will continue to be under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,

the statement reads

I was there. I didn’t see anything. I didn’t see any misconduct of any kind by anybody,

he said of the attack on the Capitol, which he called a “setup.” ... He said

No one out-pizzas the Hut."

In one post on X, Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" compared the first lady's hat to the Pizza Hut logo, writing

Remember Trump’s character: He sat in his dining room watching on television as his supporters attacked our Capitol and brutally assaulted law enforcement,

she said

We are going to continue to get justice. We are going to continue to get rectification. This is not revenge,

she said

I look forward to getting to work on the priorities we share."

Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, congratulated Trump on his inauguration, saying