House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks at a weekly news conference in Washington.
Kevin McCarthy was asked by the House select committee to give information about events preceding and after the Capitol riot.
The committee requested information from two other GOP House members who have refused to cooperate with the probe, Jim Jordan of Ohio and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
The committee wants information from McCarthy about his discussions with Donald Trump and his continued opposition to the election of Joe Biden, as well as his support for the rioters who left the Capitol.
The panel noted Wednesday that McCarthy was in contact with the White House Chief of Staff in the days leading up to the Capitol storming.
In a letter to McCarthy, Bennie Thompson, the Mississippi Democrat who chairs the committee, said that they must learn about how the President came together and tried to change the results of the election.
You reportedly told Mark and the former President that the objections to the certification of the electoral votes on January 6th were doomed to fail.
McCarthy was asked if he had encouraged Trump to stop the riot while it was happening.
McCarthy was asked by the panel chairman if Trump had acknowledged his responsibility for the violence that day.
A spokesman for McCarthy did not respond to CNBC's request.
Thompson told reporters on Wednesday that he thinks McCarthy will come forward to cooperate, instead of being forced to do so by a subpoena. If McCarthy did not answer the panel's questions, the chairman would consider issuing a subpoena.
McCarthy said yes when a reporter asked if he would testify about his conversation with Trump.
The House voted in December to hold Meadows in criminal contempt for disobeying a subpoena.
Additional reporting by CNBC.
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