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We’ve looked at several claims made during the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Alongside his keynote address, he made several other speeches where he touched on subjects like inflation and his performance in November’s presidential election. 

President Trump claimed that he won the “youth vote” by 36 points. It’s not clear exactly what this was based on or how he was defining the “youth vote”, but the available data we have from exit polls doesn’t seem to support this claim.

In his inaugural address, the president said he would “direct” his cabinet to “defeat what was record inflation and rapidly bring down costs and prices”.

Read our check of this claim and others made by Trump during his inauguration speeches
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Speaking later in the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, President Trump claimed that former President Joe Biden “pardoned almost everybody having a death sentence”.

This isn’t correct. While former President Biden did commute the sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates serving federal death sentences, this isn’t the same as issuing them a pardon.

With a new president in the White House, make sure you keep up to date with our latest US politics fact checks.
Best wishes, 

Craig, Digital Campaigns Manager—Full Fact
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