House Republicans release more Jan. 6 tapes, but now without rioters' face blurring

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

March 1, 2024, 4:55 PM


House Republicans released 5,000 hours more of security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Friday, but Speaker Mike Johnson announced -- in a reversal -- that the House Administration Committee will no longer blur the faces of individuals in the footage.

"Additionally, upon extensive further consultation with the Committee, and at my direction, the Committee will no longer plan to blur the faces of individuals in the footage given the significant logistic hurdles involved and the importance of getting this work completed as responsibly and efficiently as possible," Johnson said in a statement.

House Administration Committee Chairman Barry Loudermilk said in a statement that the decision will "significantly expedite CCTV footage releases, all of which will be made available to the American public within the next few months, without blurring or editing." "The first batch is already available on our Rumble page," Loudermilk said.

Johnson previously announced in December he instructed the House Administration Committee to blur the complete surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 attack in order to protect participants from being charged by law enforcement. "We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don't want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the [Department of Justice] and to have other, you know, concerns and problems," Johnson, who joined some other Republicans in seeking to overturn former President Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat, Johnson said at a press conference in December.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-republicans-release-jan-6-tapes-now-face/story?id=107720562

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. I don't trust Russiapublicans. I hope the originals are archived somewhere.

[OAITW r.2.0]

2. So, what's the point? To remind the public there was an insurrection action on 1/6/21?

[paleotn]

4. Republicans are their own worst enemies.

They F themselves sometime better than we Dems could.

[TwilightZone]

5. They're presumably releasing footage that shows as little of that as possible first.

To support their claims that nothing happened.

They'll probably "forget" to release the rest.

[karynnj]

8. I think so too, but it is absurd

What is the point? It would be like saying there was no problem if store cameras captured thiefs killing people because footage from a different time or part of the store showed a peaceful scene.

The strangest thing is to claim it was not bad, but you want faces blurred because people could be charged. If they did not break into the capital, destroy things etc, why would these "innocents" be charged? There really is no alternative story where these people are not quilts of something.

[TwilightZone]

9. Agreed.

I think that they thought they could control the narrative by releasing only the footage that supports their claims, but that seemed too transparent, plus millions and millions of people saw it live and in real time, then saw it again numerous times after 1/6.

So much of what the GOP does is just inexplicable. It's like they live in some alternate reality.

[paleotn]

3. Why blur the traitorous bastards? Many are rotting in jail right now.

Not like it's going to make any difference.

[ificandream]

6. So put it out there without blurred faces ... permanent evidence of these traitors ...

[SouthernDem4ever]

7. Did they release anything other than them having a picnic in the park that day?