Former U.S. president Donald Trump said he would pardon “a large portion” of the people involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in a CNN town hall on Wednesday night.
Trump also declined to express regret for the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. He called Jan. 6, 2021, a “beautiful day” and said the crowd he spoke to before the attack “were there with love in their heart.”
“I am inclined to pardon many of them. I can’t say for every single one because a couple of them probably they got out of control,” Trump told CNN host