January 6 committee wants to hear from McCarthy after new audio of warning to GOP lawmakers
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Washington — The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol is redoubling its efforts to have GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appear for an interview amid new revelations concerning his private conversations about the deadly attack, the chairman said Tuesday.
Democratic Chairman Bennie Thompson of Mississippi said the panel expects to decide this week about issuing a second request to McCarthy, who has declined to voluntarily appear before the panel. The committee is also looking at summoning a widening group of House Republicans for interviews, Thompson said, as more information emerges about their conversations with the Trump White House in the run-up to the Capitol siege.
The committee is racing to wrap up this phase of its work amid newly released audio recordings of McCarthy's private remarks after the January 6 attack, when supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol trying to stop the certification of President Biden's 2020 election victory.
Hunter Biden was found guilty of federal felony gun charges Tuesday by a Delaware jury, but the first son still has avenues for appeal to try to overcome his conviction. Before his trial concluded, his attorneys filed three motions for acquittal last Friday on which Judge Maryellen Norieka has yet to rule.