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Former President Donald Trump has vowed that he will free all the people who are imprisoned in connection with the January 6 Capitol Riots, on the very first day of assuming office, Fox News reported.
Referring to the Capitol Riots accused as "hostages", Trump said that closing the southern border would also be one of his first acts as the President.
"My first acts as your next President will be to Close the Border, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, and Free the January 6 Hostages being wrongfully imprisoned!" Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social late Monday.
Notably, over 1,350 people have been charged in nearly all 50 US States for crimes related to the breach of the US Capitol, according to the US Department of Justice, after rioters stormed the building to protest former President Trump's election loss and the validity of Biden's win, as reported by Fox News.
Of those, at least 560 defendants received sentences while at least 335 were sentenced to periods of incarceration, the DOJ said in a January update.
Nearly 490 individuals were charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement, a felony, according to the latest Dept. of Justice figures. Further investigation is underway.
Trump's vow to free the prisoners comes as a new report detailing a "hidden transcript" claims that the January 6 congressional committee allegedly "falsely claimed" that it did not have evidence to show that Trump administration requested National Guard assistance.