McCarthy Claimed Trump Admitted Responsibility for Riot

“House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said publicly and privately in the days following the deadly riots at the US Capitol that President Donald Trump admitted personally bearing some responsibility for the attack — one of several reasons why the select committee on January 6 wants to hear from the House’s top Republican,” CNN reports.

“McCarthy shared the details of his conversation with Trump in a little-noticed local radio interview done a week after the insurrection, in which McCarthy said he supported a committee to investigate the attack and supported censuring then-President Trump.”

Said McCarthy: “I say he has responsibility. He told me personally that he does have some responsibility. I think a lot of people do.”