From WNYC Studios, it's Brian Lair, a daily politics podcast. It's Tuesday, April 26th.

We start with none other than former WNYC reporters, Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Merritt, whose final episode of their Trump

Inc. podcast produced by WN.N.Y. was in production just as the January 6th insurrection was

unfolding in Washington, D.C. But even though their investigation into Trump's businesses,

that was the premise of the Trump

Inc. podcast, was formally ending with the finale of the Trump presidency, the legal investigations

ramped up even more. As you've probably heard just yesterday, a New York State judge held

the former president in contempt of court for failing to comply with a subpoena

from New York State Attorney General, Letitia James' office. The AG's office is seeking

records from Trump about his family business for a civil probe, and now he'll be charged

$10,000 per day until he hands those records over. Of course, he's appealing that ruling.

But meanwhile, the former president is still dealing with an investigation into his role

during the January 6th insurrection and leading up to it. Last week, we haven't gotten to

talk about this yet on the show, audio of Congressman Kevin McCarthy from California, the Republican

leader in the House, speaking to House Republicans on January 11th, 2021, five days after the

insurrection, that audio has been leaked to reporters. Here's a little bit. And he tells his fellow Congress members

that Trump needs to acknowledge his responsibility. Listen. But let me be very clear to all of you,

and I've been very clear to the president. He bears responsibilities for his words and actions.

No if-ans or buts. I ask him personally today,

does he hold responsibility for what happened? Does he feel bad about what happened? He told me he

does have some responsibility for what happened. And he need to acknowledge that. McCarthy,

who is likely to be the next speaker of the House if Republicans take the House

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