Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has given Fox News’ Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021.
Fox News confirmed the receipt of the footage, which was originally reported by Axios, in an email to the Epoch Times.
Reportedly, Carlson’s producers were on the Hill as early as last week to begin going through the footage.
The U.S. Capitol Police earlier provided the now-defunct House Jan. 6 Select Committee with around 14,000 hours of footage, meaning that Carlson has access to more materials than the House panel did.
Carlson has two programs: his primetime program “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” which earlier this month drew in over 3.5 million viewers in a week, and “Tucker Carlson Originals,” a new series of documentaries by Carlson. Carlson could draw from the footage provided by McCarthy for both programs.
During the last Congress, the Jan. 6 panel pushed a narrative of events which portrayed the Capitol breach as the culmination of a months-long effort by Trump and his supporters to overthrow the U.S. government.
Notably that panel, formed in a mostly party-line vote, included only two Republicans: former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), both virulent Trump critics.
Thus, the narrative adopted by the panel was criticized for being unfairly weighted against the former president.
On his show, Carlson has often been critical of this narrative.
In the past, Carlson has dismissed Jan. 6 as an “outbreak of mob violence, a forgettably minor outbreak by recent standards.”
Republicans have long planned their own investigations into the events of that day.
Carlson will now have access to photos and videos that until now have been hidden behind congressional red tape.
“[T]here was never any legitimate reason for this footage to remain secret,” Carlson told Axios after receiving access to the material.
McCarthy released the tapes following a call to that effect from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
Gaetz was one of McCarthy’s most outspoken critics during the speaker battle in January.
During a Jan. 13 appearance on Carlson’s program, Gaetz called for release of the footage.
“Every time, from the JFK files to 9/11 to now Jan. 6, it’s our own government—it’s our own Department of Justice—that seems to stand in the way of transparency,” Gaetz said.
“The American people deserve to know the truth about what happened on January 6th,” Gaetz said. “We have demanded to see all the footage. Transparency is coming.”
Ed Martin, a top attorney for defendants charged in connection with Jan. 6, told the Epoch Times that it was “A great start to the process.”
Segments with the new footage are set to begin airing in coming weeks.
If the treasonous, lying Democrats and their democrat Rinos allowed transparency about the Jan. 6 tapes. The treasonous, lying Democrats and their democrat Rinos could not prolong their cons and deceptions toward Donald Trump.
Just like:
Nancy Pelosi admitted an unfortunate truth about her
orchestrate and fabricated President Trump’s impeachment “farce”
– It hinges on witness’s “allegations” not “proof”.
It’s Not A Question” Of “Proof”, It’s About “Allegations”
https://youtu.be/7dzhIxeF204
When one votes for a Democrat, they vote to be ruled by Liars, Thiefs, Traitors and the immoral.
“14,000 hours of footage, meaning that Carlson has access to more materials than the House panel did.”,,,,,because the Pelosi Pigs only fed them the House Pork legislators the slop that made Democrats Like Schiff and RInos like Cheney, fiscally fat and sassy. When it comes to airing out both party’s dirty laundry, not just the explicit laundered lies and dirty truths will appear, but much of the Democrats laundered Money for a Democrat party “pop goes the weasel”,,,AGAIN.
With Pelosi and Schiff running the House investigations, the word “allegation” is just another double speak modification of the word Alligator, within the Pelosi Washington truth eating swamp creatures of their Democrat dunged black lagoon.
I believe the article said 41,000 hours!
TO the left, being ALLEGED Is all the ‘proof’ they require..
WELL UNLESS its a democrat being accused!
This is the best news I have heard from Washington D.C. in months. Now we get to see exactly how these “revolutionary insurgents” tried to bring down the United States government. We can also see how an unarmed woman was such a threat to an armed security guard that he was forced to shoot her in the neck and kill her. Maybe we can even get to see if there were any government employees outside the capital urging people to enter the building. We might just find (or not find) a lot of things that will show just what a made up scam this all is.
Now let’s see how swiftly the Dept of just us, tries to shut down Fox showing the footage!