First pardoned Jan. 6 rioters released in DC

Trump, surrounded by executive orders he planned to sign Monday evening, also signed an order pardoning approximately 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters.

The order also includes six commutations, he said. Though the text of the pardon actually includes 14 commutations.

"We hope they come out tonight. Frankly, they're expecting it," Trump told reporters.

As of early January, more than 1,580 individuals have been charged criminally in federal court in connection with Jan. 6, with over 1,000 pleading guilty, according to the Department of Justice.

Trump returned to the Oval Office to sign more executive orders at the Resolute desk, including one declaring a national emergency at the southern border.

Trump signed several other executive orders before the cheering crowd, including ones freezing federal hiring except for the military and other excluded categories; requiring federal workers to return to full-time, in-person work immediately; restoring the freedom of speech; and directing every federal department to address inflation.

The last order he signed in the arena directs the federal government to end the "weaponization of government against the political adversaries of the previous administration."

Trump tossed several pens into the crowd before leaving to head back to the Oval Office to sign more executive orders.

Trump also signed an order withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement.

The agreement was originally ratified at the annual United Nations Climate Conference in 2015. It intended to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels -- a metric scientists believed would significantly reduce the impacts of climate change.

During his first term in office, Trump withdrew from the agreement; Biden re-entered it on his first day in office.

Read more about Trump's climate agenda here.