During that call, according to an account given last year during impeachment proceedings, Mr. Trump sided with the rioters, telling Mr. McCarthy that they were evidently more upset about the election than the Republican leader was.
Mr. Thompson also noted that Mr. McCarthy had spoken with Mr. Trump shortly after the attack.
“It appears that you had one or more conversations with the president during this period, including a conversation on or about Jan. 11,” Mr. Thompson wrote. “It appears that you may also have discussed with President Trump the potential he would face a censure resolution, impeachment, or removal under the 25th Amendment. It also appears that you may have identified other possible options, including President Trump’s immediate resignation from office.”
The committee also cited a Politico article in which Mr. McCarthy divulged to other Republicans that Mr. Trump “had admitted ‘some degree of responsibility’ for the Jan. 6 attack in his one-on-one conversations with you.”
It was the third time the committee has asked a Republican lawmaker to voluntarily agree to an interview. Representatives Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Jim Jordan of Ohio have refused to cooperate with the panel.
The committee has yet to issue a subpoena for testimony from any lawmaker, but members have said they could do so if interviews are refused.
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