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WASHINGTON -- A former White House official told the House committee investigating the Capitol riot that then-President Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, had been advised of intelligence reports showing the potential for violence, according to just-released transcripts.
Warren, Blunt and McFaul were asked about a recently released recording of McCarthy saying he would advise Trump to resign.
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The audio is a recording of a Jan. 10, 2021, conversation among House GOP leaders in which they discussed the Democratic effort to remove Trump from office.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show . In the recording of a Jan. 10 House Republican Leadership call posted by the Times…