The former “Chairman” of the Proud Boys struck a cautious and less rambunctious tone than in the past in his first major interview since his release.

On his first day back in office, the president pardoned or commuted the sentences of those convicted over their roles in the January 6, 2021, riot.

A day after U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping grant of clemency to all of the nearly 1,600 people charged in connection with the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, America’s far-right celebrated. Some called for the death of judges who oversaw the trials.

President Donald Trump quickly signed off on executive orders on Monday, his first day in the Oval Office. He also pardoned over 1,500 people charged with attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, 34 of them from South Carolina.