To you is, will you pardon the January 6 rioters who were convicted of federal offenses?

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.

What they've done to these people, they've persecuted these people.

And yeah, my answer is I am most likely, if I get in, I will most likely, I would say it will be a large portion of them.

Donald Trump's town hall went exactly how most expected and feared it would.

He repeated lies about January 6th, the 2020 election, and he inflated his own record.

We'll have much more coverage on all of that in just a moment.

Plus, we've got new polling on President Joe Biden's approval rating and a potential rematch

with his predecessor.

And also ahead, the latest from the border,

as a pandemic restriction on immigration is set to expire at midnight.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, May 11th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire.

Thanks for starting your day with us.

We will begin this morning with former President Donald Trump continuing to cling to conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, an election he lost. Within the first few minutes

of his CNN town hall last night, Trump was already pushing false claims about the vote.

Why should Americans put you back in the White House? Because we did fantastically. We got 12 million

more votes that we had in, as you know, in 2016. I actually say we did fantastically. We got 12 million more votes that we had in, as you know, in 2016.

I actually say we did far better in that election.

It was a rigged election, and it's a shame that we had to go through, and it's very bad for our country all over the world.

They looked at it.

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