House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reportedly told two police officers who were injured during the January 6 attack on the Capitol that then-president Donald Trump had no idea that a riotous mob of his supporters was storming the US legislature to prevent certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 election win.
Mr McCarthy, who could become speaker of the House should the GOP gain a majority in the November midterm elections, claimed the twice-impeached ex-president was unaware of the Capitol attack during a meeting with then- District of Columbia police officer Michael Fanone, Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Gladys Sicknick, the mother of Brian Sicknick a Capitol Police officer who died the day after the riot.
