Speaker McCarthy Releases 41,000 Hours Of Exclusive Jan. 6 Footage To Tucker Carlson: Report

According to reports, Kevin McCarthy (Republican from California) gave 41,000 hours U.S. Capitol surveillance footage relating to the January 6th riot to Tucker Carlson of Fox News. He could air the eagerly awaited release on his programs within the next few weeks.

According to Axios Sources claim that Carlson’s TV producers began looking through the footage on Capitol Hill last week.

“[T]here was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret,” Carlson spoke to Axios. “If there was ever a question that’s in the public’s interest to know, it’s what actually happened on January 6.”

A crowd entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 to disrupt lawmakers who were meeting to confirm President Joe Biden’s victory in 2020. The Capitol Police reported that previous reports indicated that Capitol Police cameras had captured more than 14,000 hours between noon to 8 p.m. on that particular day. Axios however reported that nearly 30,000 hours of footage exists.

“By definition, this video will reveal it,” Carlson stated. “It’s impossible for me to understand why any honest person would be bothered by that.”

Although congressional committees controlled primarily by Democrats, law enforcement and other agencies were granted access to the archive, Capitol Police had warned attorneys for January 6 defendants not to be allowed to see the footage. “safeguards in place to prevent its copy and dissemination,” This alarming development prompted government officials to raise security concerns.

After nearly a year of hearings and investigations, including some security video clips, last month’s January 6 Committee report recommended that former President Donald Trump be charged with a number of offenses. It also began to release dozens of witness materials. After defying subpoenas, McCarthy was among several House Republicans that the January 6 Committee recommended ethics sanctions.

McCarthy declared last month that he would push for the release of secret U.S. Capitol security footage from that famous day.

Reporters were told by the House speaker that the American public was important. “should see” What happened when he took a look at the January 6 Committee’s last report? “written for a political basis.”

“We’re looking through that,” McCarthy spoke. “I want to be very thoughtful about it. But yes, I’m engaged to do that.”

House Republicans Reps. Jim Banks, Rodney Davis (R–IL), Troy Nehls(R-TX), Jim Jordan and Kelly Armstrong (R–ND) independently published a 141-page investigative report They published last month a list of what they call the failures in House Democratic leadership, Capitol authorities, and that made the complex more vulnerable.

Banks was the leader of this effort. “exposes the partisanship, incompetence, and indifference that led to the disaster on January 6 and it the leading role Speaker Pelosi and her office played in the security failure at the Capitol.”

Carlson has been pushing for the release since long. He argued that Washington, D.C., had already released the footage. “a regime of secrecy and deceit” And the Capitol riot itself was an “outbreak of mob violence, a forgettably minor outbreak by recent standards.”

This report was contributed by Daniel Chaitin

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