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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Str8tEdge » Today, 5:32 pm » wrote: ↑ Most were not guilty and charged with crimes the SC has already struck down. There were a few violent protestors but they’ve served more time than a convicted child molester at this point.
In the local radio interview, McCarthy said he urged the President throughout a phone call during the Capitol attack to call in the National Guard and go on television to call off the rioters.Related articleTakeaways from the landmark sedition indictment against the Oath Keepers and why DOJ acted now“I spoke to the President during the riot,” McCarthy said. “I was the first person to call him. I told him to go on national TV, tell these people to stop it. He said he didn’t know what was happening. We went to the news then to work through that. I asked the president, he has a responsibility. You know what the President does, but you know what? All of us do.”“I called the President, told him, bring the national guard, go on television,” he added later.The details of McCarthy’s call with Trump – and whether Trump has ever admitted any culpability for the riots – have been a subject of interest for the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot, saying it’s key to understanding the former President’s state of mind during the Capitol attack and in the weeks after.McCarthy declined this week to cooperate with the committee, which wants to question him about his communications with Trump,