A slate of news organizations is calling on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to release a trove of surveillance footage that was recorded during the Jan. 6 riot just days after it was reported the Republican leader would grant exclusive access to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
Attorney Charles Tobin wrote a letter to McCarthy on Friday on behalf of at least 10 news outlets, demanding access to the footage and arguing it should be made available to other outside groups as well. The letter comes in response to McCarthy handing over 41,000 hours of surveillance footage to Carlson’s crew, which includes camera access from several angles on the Capitol grounds during the riot.
A separate group of news outlets wrote another letter to McCarthy requesting the materials, seeking access to the 44,000 hours of footage being shared with Carlson that is expected to be released on his show over the coming weeks. It’s not clear whether McCarthy will release the footage to the outlets before Carlson’s crew is finished examining it, and the House speaker has not yet responded to a request for comment by the Washington Examiner.
"Giving someone as disingenuous as Tucker Carlson exclusive access to this type of sensitive information is a grave mistake by Speaker McCarthy that will only embolden supporters of the Big Lie and weaken faith in our democracy," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote in a letter on Wednesday."Let me be clear, the Senate strongly objects to the release of this sensitive security footage to Tucker Carlson and Fox News.
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