Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy has yet to release the +44,000 hours of security footage from the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack to media outlets after already releasing the footage to Fox News host Tucker Carlson earlier this month.
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Two separate groups of media organizations sent letters to Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy over the weekend, demanding access to thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which have so far only been released toMcCarthy gave Carlson access to more than 44,000 hours of security footage from the January 6 attack
earlier this month. Carlson has repeatedly pushed unfounded conspiracy theories about the attack during his primetime program, and has described the attempt by hundreds of loyalists to former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election as “vandalism” and a “forgettably minor outbreak” of violence.
Several media organizations have written to McCarthy demanding access to the footage. McCarthy, who faced opposition from extremist members of his party in his bid to become speaker, hadBut Gaetz never said the footage had to be released to Carlson specifically — instead, the move was likely an attempt by McCarthy to win favor among the furthest right members of his party, especially because Carlson has been a vocal critic of McCarthy in the past.
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