In his first address after being sworn in on Monday, US President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims he made during his campaign.
These included statements about immigration, the economy, electric vehicles, and the Panama Canal. Additionally, he issued multiple other false claims later at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall.
Here’s a closer look at the facts behind his remarks.
Biden did not pardon 33 murderers
Claim: Trump claimed, “Biden pardoned 33 murderers... the worst murderers.”
Facts: On December 23, 2022, President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 people on federal death row, converting their sentences to life imprisonment. Commutations do not exonerate individuals.
The three federal inmates still facing execution are Dylann Roof, the 2015 Charleston church shooter; Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber; and Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter.
The 2020 election was not rigged
Claim: Trump repeated his assertion that “the 2020 election was totally rigged.”
Facts: The 2020 US presidential election was fair and secure. Biden won both the Electoral College (306 to Trump’s 232) and the popular vote by more than 7 million ballots.
Election recounts and investigations, including those by Trump’s own Attorney General, affirmed the integrity of the results.
Nancy Pelosi did not reject national guard troops on January 6
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