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Criticism for President Trump's sweeping pardons for January 6th criminals,

including those who violently attacked law enforcement officers.

Some Republicans calling the pardons outright wrong,

but others are focusing their blame on Joe Biden calling the pardons outright wrong, but others are focusing

their blame on Joe Biden for his pardons, including of his family. Plus, new lawsuits already

against the new Trump administration from birthright citizenship to the rights of federal

workers. How quickly might Trump lawyers find themselves in court? And the new president taking action

against his own former national security advisor, John Bolton. Bolton continues to pace death threats from Iran.

But Donald Trump today took away a key security detail.

Welcome to the lead and the first day of the new Trump administration. I'm Jake Tapper. We start in our politics lead. President Trump is currently meeting with congressional Republican leaders at the White House right now,

after attending services earlier today at the National Cathedral and giving the sermon a bad review

because the bishop asked for mercy for undocumented immigrants and LGBT children.

On that subject of mercy, we should start our coverage today on the pardons and

commutations that President Trump issued for those who attacked the Capitol on January 6,

2021. So yesterday, just as Capitol police officers were wrapping up their long, arduous day,

securing inauguration services, President Trump forgave the very

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