US EditionSpeaker Johnson says he’ll make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public
- House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to release thousands of hours of footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, fulfilling a promise he made to far-right members of his party during his campaign.
- The release will provide the public, media, and other organizations the opportunity to see the events firsthand, rather than relying on government officials' interpretation.
- Around 90 hours of security footage will be released initially, with the rest expected to be posted over the next few months, giving the general public access to explicit footage of the attack.
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Speaker Mike Johnson to Post More than 40,000 Hours of January 6 Footage Online - The Ohio Star
by Ben Whedon House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday announced that he planned to post nearly all of the Capitol Hill security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot online for the public to view. “When I ran for Speaker, I promised to make accessible to the American people the 44,000 hours of video from Capitol Hill security taken on January 6, 2021,” he said in a statement obtained by Punchbowl News’ Jake Sherman. “Truth and transparency …
Johnson’s decision to release all 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage sparks backlash from top Dems
NBC News congressional correspondent Julie Tsirkin speaks with MSNBC’s Yasmin Vossoughian about Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to release all 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 security footage to the public beginning Monday and why the decision is raising security concerns. “This is from all the cameras in the Capitol complex. You can see the exits, the entrances, maybe secure rooms, including ones that lawmakers used to hide on January 6,” Tsirkin explai…
‘Truth and transparency’: Speaker Johnson explains why he released 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 tapes
Photo: Alamy Following the Friday night release of thousands of hours of Jan. 6 tapes, Speaker Mike Johnson gave insight on why he felt the move was necessary. "The American people can always be trusted to evaluate information and make their own judgments and decisions," Johnson wrote on X Saturday morning. Slamming "bureaucrats and partisan
Speaker Johnson says he'll make 44,000 hours of Jan. 6 footage available to the general public
Faces of private citizens seen on video will be blurred, and 5% of the footage will be withheld because it contains "sensitive security information," Johnson said.
Over 40,000 hours of US Capitol riot video to be released
More than 40,000 hours of security video from the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol is to be released to the public, the new Republican speaker of the House of Representatives said Friday."Today, I am keeping my promise to the American people and making all the January 6th tapes available to ALL Americans," Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said on X. "Truth and transparency are critical."Johnson, who has endorsed former presiden…
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