In the days following the US Capitol riot, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy told Republican lawmakers on a private conference call that then-President Donald Trump had admitted bearing some responsibility for the deadly attack, according to new audio
A readout of that conversation, which took place on January 11, 2021, had been previously reported by CNN. But two New York Times reporters obtained an audio recording of the conference call for their upcoming book,"This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America's Future," and shared it with CNN."But let me be very clear to you and I have been very clear to the President. He bears responsibility for his words and actions.
The member said there was a lot of talk that Republican senators would back removing Trump from office and their take was that McCarthy's entertaining asking Trump to resign was coming from McCarthy trying to protect Trump from the disgrace of impeachment. "My read on listening to that audio is McCarthy had some info that some top senators were contemplating impeaching the President ... we were basically talking through the different options of what might happen," the person said.
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