McCarthy Shares What He Thinks Best Way to Release Jan 6 Tapes Is

The “Twitter Files” House Speaker serves as a guideline for how U.S. Capitol security video from January 6, 2021 could be made available to the public. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Sunday.

McCarthy told Maria BartiromoA host of other factors are also included. Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Because of the controversy, he plans to release the tapes. “politicization” He believes this was fostered by Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), former Speaker. January 6 Committee.

The speaker spoke about how Twitter has grown under the leadership and direction of CEO Elon Musk, gave access to troves of internal communications To a group independent journalists who shared details via “Twitter Files” threads.

“The best way to handle this is exactly the way Elon Musk [did]: Just put all the information out there and let people see what is truth and what is not,” McCarthy stated. “So, the best way to do that is to release the tapes. People can know for themselves instead of picking and choosing what views they want people to see.”

.@SpeakerMcCarthy: I don’t know what’s in the January 6 tapes, but I think they need to be released so the people can see for themselves what transpired. pic.twitter.com/XXUnM7pUWD

— The Dirty Truth (Josh) (@AKA_RealDirty) January 15, 2023

Capitol Police claims that the system of cameras captured more footage than 14,000 hours of footage between noon and 8 p.m. on the day a crowd of people entered the U.S. Capitol, disrupting lawmakers meeting to certify President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), insists that this footage has been broadcast. “would give more full context to that day rather than the cherry-picked moments the January 6 Committee tried to use to inflame and further divide our country.”

Gaetz spoke with CNN to say that the footage could prove exonerating evidence to January 6 defendants. Gaetz dismissed any concerns about security implications of disclosing the tapes. “I think that it’s an argument made by the Department of Justice because they don’t want to expose the extent to which there might have been federal assets or agents enhancing criminal acuity,” He stated.

.@RepMattGaetz Responds to claim that releasing the 14k hours of 1/6 footage would jeopardize security

“I think that it’s an argument made by the DOJ because they don’t want to expose the extent to which there might have been federal assets or agents enhancing criminal acuity.” pic.twitter.com/Jv1Fycyfyz

— The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) January 15, 2023

McCarthy stated to reporters last week that he would like to be “very thoughtful” Concerned about the release of Capitol security footage, but stressed that it is not his intention. “engaged to do that.”

Bartiromo was informed by the speaker on Sunday that he has not yet seen these videos.

“I just think they should be released,” He added.

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