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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Lauren Aratani

Top two Republicans blamed Trump for Capitol attack, book says

Donald Trump at the White House in July 2020. The book reports that McCarthy and McConnell floated with colleagues the idea of impeachment.
Donald Trump at the White House. The book reports that Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy floated with colleagues the idea of impeachment. Photograph: Oliver Contreras/EPA

In the days after the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell, the two top Republican leaders in Congress, privately told associates that they believed Donald Trump should be held responsible for the attack.

A new report from the New York Times, the reporting for which comes from a forthcoming book by reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns called This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future, details private conversations that McCarthy and McConnell had with colleagues revealing the extent of their anger toward Trump.

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