Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he has possession of thousands of hours of security-camera footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, sparking anger from Democrats who called the development dangerous.
Carlson said on the air Monday night that his show has been given more than 40,000 hours of footage, and he said producers have been looking through the material and will provide coverage of its findings next week. Carlson has questioned whether investigators including the House Jan. 6 committee created to probe the attack have provided an accurate portrayal of the events that day.
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Carlson said Monday night on his show that his producers have “unfettered” access to the security video from the day.
Capitol Police didn’t directly respond to questions about who provided the footage to Carlson. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger said, “When Congressional Leadership or Congressional Oversight Committees ask for things like this, we must give it to them.”
A spokeswoman for the Republican-led House Administration Committee, which oversees Capitol security, referred questions to the office of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican, whose spokespeople didn’t respond to questions.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a New York Democrat, said the Jan. 6 select committee, which issued its final report last year, had reviewed the security footage with “numerous protocols in place to protect the safety” of lawmakers, police officers and staff. He said there is “no indication that these same precautionary measures have been taken in connection with the transmission of the video footage at issue.”
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