McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign after Jan. 6, new ...

ProfileSectionstvFeaturedMore From NBCFollow NBC NewsJust days after the Jan. 6 riot, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy told a fellow Republican lawmaker that he would recommend to then-President Donald Trump that he resign, according to audio of a call shared with MSNBC and aired Thursday night.In the Jan. 10, 2021, call, McCarthy can be heard telling Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., that he planned to tell the president he should step down following the violent attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.McCarthy, R-Calif., also indicated that he thought impeachment would succeed in the House and possibly the Senate.“The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign,” McCarthy said in audio that aired on "The Rachel Maddow Show."The New York Times on Thursday reported the contents of the call, which is included in the coming book “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future,” by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, due out May 3.McCarthy denied the Times report, calling it "totally false and wrong" in a statement on Twitter.The Times later shared audio of the call with MSNBC.On the call, Cheney can be heard asking McCarthy about the possibility of resignation.