Jan6: The American Gulag

[grarpamp]

> jailing political dissidents and free speech,
> same as every other shithole country...
>
> "Free Jacob Chansley": 'QAnon Shaman' Backed After New J6 Footage Emerges


McCarthy Says He Will "Slowly Roll Out" Jan. 6 Footage To News Outlets

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mccarthy-says-he-will-slowly-roll-out-jan-6-footage-to-news-outlets_5118385.html
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6322436291112
https://www.theepochtimes.com/speaker-mccarthy-gives-tucker-carlson-jan-6-surveillance-footage_5071282.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/it-was-a-mistake-for-fox-news-to-let-tucker-carlson-depict-jan-6-footage-as-he-did-sen-mcconnell_5105953.html
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mccarthy-agrees-to-full-public-release-of-jan-6-tapes_5112104.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-mccaul-face-the-nation-transcript-03-12-2023/
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meet-press-march-12-2023-n1303517

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he will “slowly roll out”
the security footage recorded during the Jan. 6 Capitol breach to news
outlets.

“We will slowly roll out to every individual news agency, they can
come see the tapes as well,” McCarthy told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning
Futures.”

“Let everyone see them to bring their own judgment,” he added. “The
first thing I found is that the January 6 committee was not honest
with us. That it’s not 14,000 hours of tapes, there’s 41,000 hours of
tapes.”

McCarthy has provided Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to
41,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6. The host then aired
some of the clips on March 6.

“Taken as a whole, the video record does not support the claim that
January 6 was an insurrection,” Carlson said during his program. “In
fact, it demolishes that claim.”

Footage shown by Carlson raised questions about “QAnon Shaman” Jacob
Chansley’s time in the Capitol and U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian
Sicknick’s death.

McCarthy’s decision to share the footage with Carlson has been
criticized by Democrats, including President Joe Biden and Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

When asked if he had any regret over sharing the footage with Carlson,
McCarthy stood by his decision.

“I didn’t give the tapes. I allowed him to come see them, just like an
exclusive with anybody else,” McCarthy said. “My goal here is
transparency.”

The top House Republican added that it was important to have “equal
justice,” pointing to protests after the death of George Floyd in
2020.

“The one thing I understand in America, we should have equal justice,”
he said. “What really raises the point with me is, why did I watch
federal courts, why did I watch cities burn, federal agencies or
something, and nobody arrested there? I think we should have equal
justice across this country.

“And it’s really concerning to me, since we’ve taken the majority, the
things I have learned that government has done, that withheld
information from the American people. That will not happen on our
watch, regardless of what information says or doesn’t say,” he added.

“I think transparency is best and allow the American public to see it
all. And we need to have equal justice across this nation,” he
concluded.

Last week, in an interview with Breitbart News, McCarthy said that the
security footage of Jan. 6  must go through a security review before a
full public release.

“We just want to make sure we go through them all, and it takes time,” he said.
Police begin lobbing munitions into the huge crown on the west front
of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty
Images)
Security Footage

Separately on Sunday, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that
McCarthy had assured him that the Jan. 6 footage would be made
available to all media.

“He has given me assurance, he’s going to turn it over to the entire
media, I think. I believe in the fourth estate freedom of press, and I
think the American people deserve to see all the footage from that
day,” McCaul said.

The Texas lawmaker warned that the footage is not going to show
“tourism at the Capitol.”

“It’s going to show a very dark, tragic day that I witnessed
firsthand, that included our Capitol Police being assaulted, 140 of
them injured, two pipe bombs,” McCaul said. “One Capitol Police
officer killed, and a protester killed. That’s not—that’s not a good
day.”

He added that what happened on Jan. 6 could have been prevented.

“I think it should have been prevented had we had good intelligence
that day beforehand,” he said.

Also on Sunday, Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), who sits on the Armed
Services Committee, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that McCarthy
shouldn’t have released the footage to Carlson alone.

“What I do regret probably as much as anything about the release of
the 41,000 hours is it was released to one person in primetime who is,
you know, rather sensational in his approach and rather than just
releasing it to everybody,” Cramer said.

He added: “I think transparency absolutely is the best way to go. I
think Kevin McCarthy’s right to do it. I just wish he would’ve
released it to everybody at the same time.”

Cramer said he was frustrated that much attention is still being paid
to what happened on Jan. 6.

“We should be talking about the southern border,” Cramer said. “We
should be talking about China and the challenge it possesses, and
talking about inflation and a budget that drives up deficits forever.

“Those are winning arguments for Republicans, not relitigating Jan. 6.”