Who has Donald Trump just let out of prison? | LBC

Donald Trump has pardoned around 1,500 'January 6 hostages' as he signed his first executive orders as president. James O'Brien speaks to Eliot Higgins, the founder and creative director of Bellingcat. He spent a month examining hundreds of videos from Jan 6 in collaboration with NBC News. James and Eliot examine the kind of people who have been pardoned by Donald Trump. The president spoke to thousands of his supporters at a stadium in Washington DC on Monday evening, as he signed the first orders of his presidency. The executive actions included the withdrawal of the US from the Paris climate agreement and a 'restoration of freedom of speech'. Trump also rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions, after slamming his administration as the 'worst in history'. He has gone on to pardon around 1,500 defendants charged in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol and is issuing six commutations. The pardons fulfil his promise to release supporters who tried to help him overturn his election defeat four years ago. Listen to the full show on Global Player: https://app.af.globalplayer.com/Br0x/LBCYouTubeListenLive #jamesobrien #donaldtrump #january62021 #capitol #usnews #uspolitics #politics #news #election #uselection #trump #LBC LBC is the home of live debate around news and current affairs in the UK. Join in the conversation and listen at https://www.lbc.co.uk/ Sign up to LBC’s weekly newsletter here: https://l-bc.co/signup