Top 6 issues Trump addressed in sweeping executive orders

By CP Staff,

Pardons for January 6 defendants

Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of approximately 1,500 individuals who were charged related to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

"This proclamation ends a grave national injustice that has been perpetrated upon the American people over the last four years and begins a process of national reconciliation," the order says in part.

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The order has drawn criticism even from members of the Republican Party, such as Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who expressed his concern that anyone who assaulted a police officer on Jan . 6 would be pardoned.

Tillis has also been critical of Biden's last-minute pardons of his family members, and urged lawmakers to reconsider the limits of presidential pardons.

During the signing ceremony in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump also criticized his predecessor for pardoning members of the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, such as Liz Cheney, who Trump called "a lunatic."

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