Two Pennsylvania brothers arrested for their role in the riots were released.
President Donald Trump returned from a campaign-style rally at a Washington, D.C., arena to the White House to sign more executive orders, including a sweeping one that pardoned those convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Earlier after taking the oath of office and events at the Capitol, Trump spoke to a roaring crowd at Capital One Arena, where he also signed several executive orders.
After he is through signing the orders, Trump will attend inaugural balls tonight.
President Donald Trump and his family attended the third inaugural ball of the evening, the Starlight Ball.
They were joined onstage by Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha.
Just before midnight on President Donald Trump's first day back in office, two convicted Jan. 6 rioters walked out of the Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C.
Paul Ingrassia, who is the incoming White House liaison with the Department of Justice, emerged after more than an hour inside the jail and said that Andrew and Matthew Valentin -- two brothers from Pennsylvania arrested for assaulting law enforcement during the attacks on the Capitol -- were processed and had left the facility.
The brothers had just received their sentences of 2.5 years apiece and taken into custody to serve them out on Jan. 17. They pleaded guilty in September 2024.
They are the only two who are expected to be released tonight, according to Ingrassia. However, family members outside of the facility said that they remain hopeful.
According to the most recent numbers from the DOJ, a total of eight pardoned inmates — out of the over 1,500 pardoned — are incarcerated inside the facility.
ABC News has not yet confirmed the release beyond the liaison's statement.
-ABC News' Jay O'Brien, Alexander Mallin, Katherine Faulders and Briana Stewart
During his appearance at the Commander-In-Chief inaugural ball on Monday evening, President Donald Trump spoke with troops deployed in South Korea displayed on a projector screen.
"Hello, everybody. How are we doing over there? How's Kim Jong Un doing? How are you?" Trump said.
Trump told the troops that he has a "pretty good relationship" with the North Korean leader despite his "bad intentions."
"So, could I ask you, how is it going in South Korea right now? How is it doing? You have somebody with pretty bad intentions, I guess. You know, you would say that although I developed a pretty good relationship with him. But he's a tough cookie," Trump said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statement Monday evening addressing President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement, an international treaty whose purpose is to unite governments in taking action against climate change.
"If you don't believe in science, believe your own damn eyes," Newsom said, providing accompanying photos of the fires in Los Angeles County.
Trump's executive action regarding the Paris Agreement, which was signed on his first day back in office, was just one of a handful rollbacks related to climate and the environment.
-ABC News' Marilyn Heck
