Authors of a new book released audio of House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy saying he planned to urge President Trump to resign over the Jan. 6 riot — hours after McCarthy denied the account.
," by N.Y. Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns, out May 3 — reports a stunning exchange from a House GOP leadership call on Jan. 10, 2021, four days after the Capitol attack.: "Yeah, I'm, here. Thanks, Kevin. ...
Are you hearing that he might resign? Is there any reason to think that might happen?"gut tells me no. I'm seriously thinking of having that conversation with him tonight. I haven't talked to him in a couple days. From what I know— I mean, you guys all know him, too. Do you think he'd ever back away? But what I think I'm going to do is, I'm going to call him." ...
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