Leaders of far-right militia groups and other US Capitol rioters who were convicted of violently assaulting police were freed from prison overnight by President Donald Trump’s mass pardons and commutations,

It begins,” Elon Musk wrote Monday night, shortly after Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th US President. The billionaire’s post on his social network X referred specifically to a Trump executive order ending federal diversity,

Washington — U.S. Capitol Police chief Thomas Manger said he's concerned by the sweeping pardons President Trump issued Monday night to those convicted or facing charges of assaulting police officers after the Capitol riot four years ago.

Michael Tyler Roberts: Roberts, of Knoxville, was sentenced in December to 15 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to the felony charge of assaulting, resisting or impeding certain officers. The DOJ says Roberts assaulted a line of police officers in a tunnel entrance to the Capitol.

More than two dozen Washington residents have been pardoned by President Trump for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riots. The president has also instructed the attorney general to seek dismissals in 450 pending cases.

See how Americans on both sides of the aisle are gearing up for a new Trump term in photos from a bitterly cold weekend.

Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president.