Trump 2nd term live updates: More executive action plans for Day 2

Trump was asked about pardoning the Jan. 6 rioters during a news conference Tuesday and dodged a question about pardoning violent Jan. 6 convicts, including one who admitted to attacking an officer.

The president dodged the question, claiming he would look into it, before changing the subject to murders around the country that he claimed yielded no arrests.

He repeated his claim that the people pardoned were unjustly prosecuted, including the head of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.

"The cases that we looked at, these were people that actually love our country, so we thought a pardon would be appropriate," he said.

Trump was asked about the pardons again, as well as Vice President J.D. Vance's statement last week in which he opposed pardoning rioters who assaulted officers, but the president again claimed the rioters were unfavorably treated.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Oracle's Larry Ellison joined Trump at the White House to tout the $500 billion investment in the "Stargate" venture.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Oracle's Larry Ellison joined President Donald Trump at the White House to tout the $500 billion investment in the "Stargate" venture.

"We will immediately start deploying $100 million ... because of your success," Son said.

The businessmen said they plan on using artificial intelligence for various projects, including medical research.

"I'm thrilled we get to do this in the United States of America," Altman said.

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son, OpenAI's Sam Altman and Oracle's Larry Ellison are expected to be at the White House Tuesday afternoon, according to a source familiar with the matter.

President Trump is set to announce $500 billion in private sector investment to build artificial intelligence infrastructure. It's a joint venture of three companies -- OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle -- collectively called Stargate.

Last month, Trump announced with SoftBank's Son in Mar-a-Lago that SoftBank would invest $100 billion in US projects over the next four years, creating 100,000 jobs. Those investments will focus on infrastructure that supports AI, including data centers, energy generation, and chips, according to a source.

The new announcement Tuesday has "overlap" with SoftBank's previous commitment of $100 billion, according to a source, who clarifies that this is not an entirely separate commitment.

While the Trump team had a flurry of executive actions ready to go within minutes of the president being sworn in, behind the scenes staff are still unpacking and getting accustomed to their new surroundings.

Staffers are buzzing about, unpacking, and trying to get their email up and running. The press email system is still a work in progress.

While the Oval Office was quickly transformed back to Trump's liking, members of his administration are now moving around their own office furniture and pondering what to put in the empty frames that sit askew on their walls.

One thing that was quick to turn over -- the "jumbos," the large glossy official photographs of the president that line the west wing hallways.The Trump team has already put up framed images of yesterday's inauguration.