House Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) on Friday released 5,000 hours of surveillance footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, protest. announced that it would be made public. The release coincides with the forced surrender of Blaze Media investigative journalist Steve Baker to the FBI in Dallas over his January 6 reporting.
Republican lawmakers say the release is just a blip in the flood to come, as more footage will be released in the coming weeks and months. Additionally, at Johnson’s direction, faces will not be blurred in the footage in order to “complete this work as responsibly and efficiently as possible.”
Already, the footage Loudermilk provided to Steve Baker has significantly undermined the January 6th narrative that Democrats and their allies have developed in the media.
In January, weeks after exposing the story told by U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn and various other gross misconducts told about the officer, Mr. A so-called passerby who discovered the pipe bomb admitted that it happened by chance. Being a plainclothes officer with the United States Capitol Police.
In his continuing investigation, Baker also uncovered troubling signs that something had gone wrong with the pipe bomb investigation from the beginning.
Based on closed-circuit television video footage obtained by Loudermilk, Baker said three cameras controlled by the U.S. Capitol Police and habitually pointed at the DNC office building were spotted shortly after the suspect was spotted. He pointed out that it was strange that his back was turned away from the scene. explosive device. Despite being away from the cameras, Baker highlighted some interesting details about the response of various law enforcement agencies to the discovery of the pipe bomb and the subsequent investigation.
The release of further footage of the January 6 protests and incidents in the surrounding area may help provide further insight into what actually happened on that fateful day.
The video is
It was uploaded and posted on the House Oversight Subcommittee’s Rumble page.. Subsequent releases will be similarly reviewed to ensure that the footage does not contain sensitive security information.
“House Republicans would like to thank Chairman Loudermilk and the House Administration for their continued efforts to ensure full transparency surrounding the events of January 6th,” Johnson said in a statement obtained by Blaze News. I once again commend the entire committee.”
Last year, Johnson
shown He plans to release 44,000 hours of footage from the January 6 protests, which will allow “millions of Americans, criminal defendants, public interest groups and the media to understand what happened that day.” You will be able to see with your own eyes what is going on.” It will depend on the interpretation of a small number of government officials. ”
In a statement on Friday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “The ongoing work is particularly necessary given the deeply flawed preliminary investigation carried out by the partisan select committee on January 6, and instead of providing transparency, defendants , public interest groups, and the media were forced to take action.” It will depend on the interpretation of a small number of government officials. ”
“My subcommittee’s investigation has always been aimed at providing full transparency and full accountability to the American people about what actually happened on January 6, 2021,” House Loudermilk said. the lawmaker said. “That is why we have worked tirelessly to release all of the U.S. Capitol Police surveillance footage from that day.”
Loudermilk praised Johnson for his continued support of the subcommittee’s efforts and “his unwavering commitment to full transparency with the American people.”
“Today’s decision will greatly accelerate the release of CCTV footage and ensure that all footage will be available to the American public in the coming months, unblurred or unedited,” the Georgia congressman added.
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