Leaked audio shows that Kevin McCarthy wanted an inquiry into the January 6 Capitol attack, and thought Trump should be held accountable for his actions that day.
Leaked audio released on Wednesday shows that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy initially backed an inquiry into the January 6 Capitol attack, and wanted to have former President Donald Trump held accountable for his actions that day.
McCarthy backtracked his calls for an inquiry in the weeks after he told Republican colleagues that he was upset with Trump’s behavior. The newly released audio contradicts a number of talking points McCarthy frequently uses to criticize the House select committee investigating the attack.
“When they started breaking into my office, myself and the staff got removed from the office,” McCarthy says in the audio, which was recorded five days after the Capitol attack. “In doing so, I made a phone call to the president, telling him what was going on, asking him to tell these people to stop, to make a video and go out. And I was very intense and very loud about it.”“We cannot just sweep this under the rug.
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