hutchinson also testifying that meadows knew in advance that violence was a possibility on january 6th but trump went ahead with urging rally attendees to march to the capitol and take back your country. thanks to the disclosure of the kevin mccarthy tapes we have a clear look how the republicans lost the opportunity to push former president trump out of politics after january 6th but were weak and did not seize on that opportunity. incredibly amidst all of these new revelations, trump reportedly thinks he looks stronger. marlene sotomayor said trump reveled on his grip over the gop. alexander burns and jonathan martin of the new york times released the tapes as part of their reporting for their new book this will not pass. in these recordings mccarthy planned to tell trump that he should resign, that of course never happened and just weeks after the violent insurrection, mccarthy made a special trip to