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McCarthy: “Tell me one thing in there that is impeachable”

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds his weekly press conference on the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

By Thomas McKinless and Jinitzail Hernández

Posted September 26, 2019 at 3:00pm

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy responded Thursday to questions on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.

When asked if the president is defensible in the inquiry McCarthy gave an emphatic “yes.”

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