Trump issued pardons for participants in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, one of his first acts after being sworn in as the country’s 47th president on Monday. The pardons fulfill Trump’s promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago.

President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive actions onstage at the Capital One Arena on Jan. 20, then threw his pens into the crowd.

President Trump signed several executive orders in front of his supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington.

From a desk on the stage at Capital One Arena, Trump signed his first executive orders in front of chanting supporters. He rescinded 78 Biden era directives, introduced regulatory and hiring freezes and instructed federal workers to return to in person work.