Pressure on McCarthy forces reckoning over Trump: The Note
ABC News
The Republican leader, who holds his weekly news conference on Thursday, has ducked most direct questions about what he and Trump discussed in real time.
The TAKE with Rick Klein
There is no escaping the contradictions.
The private and public versions of what House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said about the attack on the Capitol at the time and what he would say later did not and do not match up. Those questions loom over McCarthy's desire to become the next House speaker -- and will be shaped by former President Donald Trump's insistence on continuing to litigate the past.
The Jan. 6 committee now wants McCarthy's "voluntary cooperation," in a move that was long expected but has significant implications on the investigation as well as internal GOP politics. The Republican leader, who holds his weekly news conference on Thursday, has ducked most direct questions about what he and Trump discussed in real time.
