House Republican leader told fellow lawmakers shortly after the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he wanted to urge then-President to resign, according to audio posted Thursday night by The and aired on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show.In the recording of a January 10 House Republican Leadership call, McCarthy is heard discussing the Democratic effort to remove Trump from office and saying he would tell Trump, 'I think it will pass and it would be my recommendation he should resign.'Earlier Thursday, after the Times published its initial story describing the conversation, McCarthy released a statement calling it 'totally false and wrong.'
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