House Minority Leader McCarthy to meet Trump in Florida

Former President Donald Trump is expected to meet privately Thursday with prominent congressional lawmaker, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. An aide to Trump, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss his schedule, confirmed the meeting will take place in South Florida. The meeting will come as Trump and his attorneys prepare his defense at a Senate impeachment trial next month. McCarthy criticized Trump after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol – “the president bears responsibility,” he said a week after the insurrection. Last week on Inauguration Day, McCarthy congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as he presented them with framed photographs of the moment each was sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. However, McCarthy also voted against the second impeachment of the former president and he has taken a softer tone toward Trump in more recent days.