Trump hoped to issue pardons last day as president while the Senate meets

President Trump plans to spend his last full day Tuesday issuing 100 pardons or commutations, a senior administration official and a senior White House official told CBS News. Meanwhile, the Senate will reconvene that day for the first time since the House indicted Trump last week and will begin confirmation hearings for some of President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet candidates.

It is not yet known who plans to pardon Trump, although a source said the president is not expected to pardon himself.

Trump was left out of public view Monday, while First Lady Melania Trump aired a farewell video. He made no direct reference to the January 6 Capitol assault, but said, “Be passionate about everything you do, but always remember that violence is never the answer and will never be justified.”

In a break with tradition, Melania Trump did not give a tour to incoming first lady Jill Biden. The Trumps will be the first president and first lady to skip the incumbent president’s inauguration in more than 150 years.

With the army focused on protecting the takeover, Trump will not get the great military honors he wanted for his dispatch. Instead, he will have a reduced commute at 8 a.m. Wednesday before heading to Mar-a-Lago.

The Pentagon has authorized more than 25,000 National Guard personnel to secure the inauguration, and the FBI is examining all members of the Guard. The head of the National Guard office, Daniel Hokanson, told CBS News’ David Martin that he was “absolutely not” concerned about the reliability of his troops.

The FBI is also investigating the financing of the Capitol assault. Ninety people are facing federal charges and that number is expected to increase as the FBI catches up with the information sent to the counsel lines.

Charges were also announced against a person allegedly affiliated with Oath Keepers, an extreme right-wing anti-government group, as well as against the Three Percent militia group.

On Tuesday, the Senate will hold confirmation hearings for five key candidates for the Cabinet: Janet Yellen in Finance, Antony Blinken in State, Lloyd Austin in Defense, Alejandro Mayorkas in Homeland Security and Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence.