Rep. Liz Cheney denies being the one who leaked a tape of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy telling GOP colleagues he would urge former President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot, which conflicts with McCarthy’s blanket denial.
A brief statement was released the morning after MSNBC host Rachel Maddow played an audio recording of McCarthy on Jan. 10, 2021, responding to Cheney, who was chairwoman of the House Republican Conference at the time, asking if there was a chance Trump would step down.
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